- 耶和華說、日子將到、我要與以色列家和猶大家、另立新約。
- 不像我拉著他們祖宗的手、領他們出埃及地的時候、與他們所立的約.我雖作他們的丈夫、他們卻背了我的約.這是耶和華說的。
- 耶和華說、那些日子以後、我與以色列家所立的約、乃是這樣.我要將我的律法放在他們裡面、寫在他們心上.我要作他們的 神、他們要作我的子民。
- 他們各人不再教導自己的鄰舍、和自己的弟兄、說、你該認識耶和華.因為他們從最小的、到至大的、都必認識我.我要赦免他們的罪孽、不再記念他們的罪惡.這是耶和華說的。
- 那使太陽白日發光、使星月有定例、黑夜發亮、又攪動大海、使海中波浪匉訇的、萬軍之耶和華是他的名、他如此說、
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- "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.
- 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 to them, " declares the LORD.
- "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.
- 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."
- This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar-- the LORD Almighty is his name:
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