8. But when God found fault with the people, he said:“The day is coming, says the lord,when I will make a new covenantwith the people of Israel and Judah.
9. This covenant will not be like the oneI made with their ancestorswhen I took them by the handand led them out of the land of Egypt.They did not remain faithful to my covenant,so I turned my back on them, says the lord.
10. But this is the new covenant I will makewith the people of Israel on that day, says the lord:I will put my laws in their minds,and I will write them on their hearts.I will be their God,and they will be my people.
11. And they will not need to teach their neighbors,nor will they need to teach their relatives,saying, ‘You should know the lord.’For everyone, from the least to the greatest,will know me already.
12. And I will forgive their wickedness,and I will never again remember their sins.”
13. When God speaks of a “new” covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear.