Ibrani 8:11-13

8:11 “And there will be no need at all ¹  for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest. ² 

8:12 “For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.” ³ 

8:13 When he speaks of a new covenant, ⁴  he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear. ⁵ 

[8:11]  ¹ tn Grk “they will not teach, each one his fellow citizen…” The Greek makes this negation emphatic: “they will certainly not teach.”

[8:11]  ² tn Grk “from the small to the great.”

[8:12]  ³ sn A quotation from Jer 31:31-34.

[8:13]  ⁴ tn Grk “when he says, ‘new,’” (referring to the covenant).

[8:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “near to disappearing.”