The New Covenant
31 "Look, the days are coming" 31:31–34 Heb 8:8–12; 10:16–17 — this is the Lord’s declaration — "when I will make a new covenant 31:31 Ezk 37:26; Hs 2:18; Lk 22:20; 1Co 11:25; 2Co 3:6; Heb 9:15; 12:24 with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 33 "Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days" — the Lord’s declaration. "I will put my teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ 31:34 Jdg 2:10; 1Sm 3:7; Hs 2:20 for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them" 31:34 Est 1:20; Jr 6:13; 8:10; 42:1,8; 44:12 — this is the Lord’s declaration. "For I will forgive their iniquity 31:34 Nm 14:19; Ps 103:3; Jr 36:3 and never again remember their sin.