31:31 “Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, 2 “when I will make a new covenant 3 with the people of Israel and Judah. 4 31:32 It will not be like the old 5 covenant that I made with their ancestors 6 when I delivered them 7 from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,” 8 says the Lord. 9 31:33 “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel 10 after I plant them back in the land,” 11 says the Lord. 12 “I will 13 put my law within them 14 and write it on their hearts and minds. 15 I will be their God and they will be my people. 16
31:2 The Lord says,
“The people of Israel who survived
death at the hands of the enemy 17
will find favor in the wilderness
as they journey to find rest for themselves.
8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one. 23 8:8 But 24 showing its fault, 25 God 26 says to them, 27
“Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
8:9 “It will not be like the covenant 28 that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.
8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put 29 my laws in their minds 30 and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people. 31