31 The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.
32 It won’t be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant with me even though I was their husband, declares the Lord.
33 No, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my Instructions within them and engrave them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
34 They will no longer need to teach each other to say, "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 wrongdoing and never again remember their sins.
35 The Lord proclaims:The one who established the sun to light up the dayand ordered the moon and stars to light up the night,who stirs up the sea into crashing waves,whose name is the Lord of heavenly forces:
36 If the created order should vanish from my sight,declares the Lord, only then would Israel’s descendants ever stop being a nationbefore me.
37 The Lord proclaims:If the heavens above could be measuredand the foundation of the earth below could be fathomed,only then would I reject Israel’s descendantsfor what they have done,declares the Lord.