Jeremiah 31:31-34
The Lord will establish a new covenant in which His law is written on the hearts of His people and their sins are permanently forgiven.
31 “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them,” says Yahweh.
33 “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
The LORD will establish a new covenant in which His law is written on the hearts of His people and their sins are permanently forgiven.
To announce the coming new covenant in which the LORD will internally transform His people, forgive their sins, and establish a direct and enduring relationship with them.
Jeremiah 31:31–34 forms the theological centerpiece of the Book of Consolation (Jeremiah 30–33). Following promises of restoration and renewed responsibility (31:27–30), the Lord declares that a fundamentally renewed covenant relationship will be established with Israel and Judah. The promise resolves the persistent covenant failure that marked Israel's history.
Jeremiah prophesies during the final years of Judah before the Babylonian exile. After generations of covenant violation, the Lord promises a new covenant that will address the root problem of human rebellion.
Everlasting Love, Restored Joy, and the New Covenant
The LORD who scattered Israel will gather, comfort, forgive, renew, and bind his people to himself through a New Covenant written on the heart.