
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Lent B17
31 AThe days are surely coming, saysB the Lord,C
when I will makeD a newE covenantF with the houseG of IsraelH and the house of Judah.I
32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestorsJ whenK I tookL them by the handM
to bring them out of the landN of EgyptO—a covenant that they broke,P though I was their husband,Q says the Lord.
33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will putR my lawS withinT them, and I will write it on their hearts;U and I will be their God,V and they shall be my people.W
34 No longer shall they teachX one another,Y or say to each other,Z “KnowAA the Lord,”
for they shall all know me, from the leastBB of them to the greatest,CC says the Lord; for I will forgiveDD their iniquity,EE and rememberFF their sinGG no more.
Image credit: “I Love to Read” by Carlos Porto, 2007.