30:22 Then you will again be my people
and I will be your God. 3
31:31 “Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, 4 “when I will make a new covenant 5 with the people of Israel and Judah. 6
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
1:16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, 26 whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.
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 Heb “I will give them a heart to know me that I am the
2 tn Heb “with all their heart.”
3 sn This was their highest privilege (cf. Exod 6:7, Lev 26:12; Jer 24:7) but also their greatest responsibility (cf. Jer 7:3; 11:4). It is a formula referring to a covenant relationship in which God pledges to protect, provide, and be present with his people and they in turn promise to be loyal and obedient to him (see Deut 26:17-18; 29:10-13).
4 tn Heb “Oracle of the
5 tn Or “a renewed covenant” (also in vv. 22-23).
6 tn Heb “the house of Israel and the house of Judah.”
7 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.
8 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.
9 tn Heb “Oracle of the
10 tn Heb “‘But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after these days:’ says the
11 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.
12 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.
13 sn Compare Jer 24:7; 30:22; 31:1 and see the study note on 30:2.
14 tn Heb “Thus says the
15 tn Heb “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of…”
16 tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for further explanation.
17 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.
18 tn Or “as an eternal.”
19 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).
20 sn I will be their God. See Exod 6:7; Lev 26:12; Jer 7:23; 11:4.
21 sn This promise reflects the ancient covenantal ideal (see Exod 6:7).
22 tc Heb “their dwellings.” The text as it stands does not make sense. Based on the LXX, a slight emendation of two vowels, including a mater, yields the reading “from their turning,” a reference here to their turning from God and deviating from his commandments. See BDB 1000 s.v. מְשׁוּבָה, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:407.
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 Heb “cut off” (so NRSV); NAB “destroy”; NIV “banish.”
26 tn BDAG 579 s.v. κυριότης 3 suggests “bearers of the ruling powers, dominions” here.
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.