31 "The time is coming," declares the LORD ,
"when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah. |
32 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their forefathers
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to4 31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / and I turned away from them,5 31:32 Or was their master "
declares the LORD . |
33 "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel
after that time," declares the LORD .
"I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people. |
34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor,
or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD ,'
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,"
declares the LORD .
"For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more." |
35 This is what the LORD says, |
36 "Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,"
declares the LORD ,
"will the descendants of Israel ever cease
to be a nation before me." |
37 This is what the LORD says: |
38 "The days are coming," declares the LORD , "when this city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. |
39 The measuring line will stretch from there straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to Goah. |
40 The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate, will be holy to the LORD . The city will never again be uprooted or demolished." |
