The Lord Will Make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah

31:29 “When that time comes, people will no longer say, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth have grown numb.’64 31:30 Rather, each person will die for his own sins. The teeth of the person who eats the sour grapes will themselves grow numb.65

31:31 “Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord,66 “when I will make a new covenant67 with the people of Israel and Judah.68 31:32 It will not be like the old69 covenant that I made with their ancestors70 when I delivered them71 from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,”72 says the Lord.73 31:33 “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel74 after I plant them back in the land,”75 says the Lord.76 “I will77 put my law within them78 and write it on their hearts and minds.79 I will be their God and they will be my people.80

31:34 “People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me.81 For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,”82 says the Lord. “For83 I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”