2:23 Then I will plant her as my own 20 in the land.
I will have pity on ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah).
I will say to ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi), ‘You are my people!’
And he 21 will say, ‘You are 22 my God!’”
13:9 Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire;
I will refine them like silver is refined
and will test them like gold is tested.
They will call on my name and I will answer;
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’” 24
9:26 “And in the very place 25 where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” 26
8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put 27 my laws in their minds 28 and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people. 29
1 tn The verb קוּם (qum, “to arise, to stand up”) in the Hiphil verbal stem means “to confirm, to give effect to, to carry out” (i.e., a covenant or oath; see BDB 878-79 s.v. קוּם).
2 tn Or “as an eternal.”
3 tn Heb “to be to you for God and to your descendants after you.”
4 tn The verbal root is גּוּר (gur, “to sojourn, to reside temporarily,” i.e., as a resident alien). It is the land in which Abram resides, but does not yet possess as his very own.
5 tn Or “as an eternal.”
6 tn Heb “I will give them a heart to know me that I am the
7 tn Heb “with all their heart.”
8 tn Heb “with the house of Israel.” All commentators agree that the term here refers to both the whole nation which was divided into the house of Israel and the house of Judah in v. 30.
9 tn Heb “after those days.” Commentators are generally agreed that this refers to the return from exile and the repopulation of the land referred to in vv. 27-28 and not to something subsequent to the time mentioned in v. 30. This is the sequencing that is also presupposed in other new covenant passages such as Deut 30:1-6; Ezek 11:17-20; 36:24-28.
10 tn Heb “Oracle of the
11 tn Heb “‘But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after these days:’ says the
12 tn Heb “in their inward parts.” The Hebrew word here refers to the seat of the thoughts, emotions, and decisions (Jer 9:8 [9:7 HT]). It is essentially synonymous with “heart” in Hebrew psychological terms.
13 tn The words “and minds” is not in the text but is supplied in the translation to bring the English psychology more into line with the Hebrew where the “heart” is the center both of knowing/thinking/reflecting and deciding/willing.
14 sn Compare Jer 24:7; 30:22; 31:1 and see the study note on 30:2.
15 sn The covenant formula setting forth the basic relationship is reinstituted along with a new covenant (v. 40). See also 24:7; 30:22; 31:1 and the study note on 30:22.
16 sn The expression They will be my people, and I will be their God occurs as a promise to Abraham (Gen 17:8), Moses (Exod 6:7), and the nation (Exod 29:45).
17 sn This promise reflects the ancient covenantal ideal (see Exod 6:7).
18 sn See Isa 24:5; 55:3; 61:8; Jer 32:40; 50:5; Ezek 16:60, for other references to perpetual covenants.
19 tn Heb “give them.”
20 tn Heb “for myself.”
21 tn The Hebrew text, carrying out the reference to the son born in 1:8-9, uses the third person masculine singular pronoun here; some English translations use third person plural (“they,” so KJV, NASB, NIV, CEV) in keeping with the immediate context, which refers to reestablished Israel.
22 tn The words “You are” do not appear in the Hebrew text, but are implied. It is necessary to supply the phrase in the translation to prevent the reader from understanding the predicate “my God” as an exclamation (cf. NAB).
23 sn The affirmation They will be my people, and I will be their God speaks of covenant renewal, a restoration of the unbroken fellowship the
24 sn The expression I will say ‘It is my people,’ and they will say ‘the
25 tn Grk “And it will be in the very place.”
26 sn A quotation from Hos 1:10.
27 tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”
28 tn Grk “mind.”
29 tn Grk “I will be to them for a God and they will be to me for a people,” following the Hebrew constructions of Jer 31.
30 tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”