Now the main point of what we have to say is this: we have such a High Priest, [the Christ] who is seated [in the place of honor] at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty (God) in heaven,
“BEHOLD, THE DAYS WILL COME, SAYS THE LORD,
WHEN I WILL MAKE and RATIFY A NEW COVENANT
WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH;
NOT LIKE THE COVENANT THAT I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS
ON THE DAY WHEN I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND
TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT;
FOR THEY DID NOT ABIDE IN MY COVENANT,
AND SO I WITHDREW MY FAVOR and DISREGARDED THEM, SAYS THE LORD.
“FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD:
I WILL IMPRINT MY LAWS UPON THEIR MINDS [even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding],
AND ENGRAVE THEM UPON THEIR HEARTS [effecting their regeneration].
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,
AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
“AND IT WILL NOT BE [necessary] FOR EACH ONE TO TEACH HIS FELLOW CITIZEN,
OR EACH ONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, ‘KNOW [by experience, have knowledge of] THE LORD,’
FOR ALL WILL KNOW [Me by experience and have knowledge of] ME,
FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.
“FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL and GRACIOUS TOWARD THEIR WICKEDNESS,
AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE.”
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