Deuteronomy 9:17

9:17 I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down, and shattered them before your very eyes.

Deuteronomy 27:26

27:26 ‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Jeremiah 31:32

31:32 It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,” says the Lord.

Zechariah 11:10-11

11:10 Then I took my staff “Pleasantness” and cut it in two to annul my covenant that I had made with all the people. 11:11 So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the Lord.

Zechariah 11:14

11:14 Then I cut the second staff “Binders” in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.


tn The Hebrew text includes “from upon my two hands,” but as this seems somewhat obvious and redundant, it has been left untranslated for stylistic reasons.

tn The word “old” is not in the text but is implicit in the use of the word “new.” It is supplied in the translation for greater clarity.

tn Heb “fathers.”

tn Heb “when I took them by the hand and led them out.”

tn Or “I was their master.” See the study note on 3:14.

tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”