Jeremiah 31:26–34

²⁶At this I awoke^p and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.

²⁷“The days are coming,”^q declares the Lord, “when I will plant^r the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals. ²⁸Just as I watched^s over them to uproot^t and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster,^u so I will watch over them to build and to plant,”^v declares the Lord. ²⁹“In those days people will no longer say,

‘The parents^w have eaten sour grapes,

and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’^x

³⁰Instead, everyone will die for their own sin;^y whoever eats sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge.

³¹“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,

“when I will make a new covenant^z

with the people of Israel

and with the people of Judah.

³²It will not be like the covenant^a

I made with their ancestors^b

when I took them by the hand

to lead them out of Egypt,^c

because they broke my covenant,

though I was a husband^d to^d them,^e”

declares the Lord.

³³“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel

after that time,” declares the Lord.

“I will put my law in their minds^e

and write it on their hearts.^f

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.^g

³⁴No longer will they teach^h their neighbor,

or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’

because they will all knowⁱ me,

from the least of them to the greatest,”

declares the Lord.

“For I will forgive^j their wickedness

and will remember their sins^k no more.”