Discovery BoxHebrews 10:16-17
Context10:16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put 1 my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,” 2 10:17 then he says, 3 “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.” 4
Jeremiah 23:5
Context23:5 “I, the Lord, promise 5 that a new time will certainly come 6
when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, 7 a descendant of David.
He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding 8
and will do what is just and right in the land. 9
Jeremiah 23:7
Context23:7 “So I, the Lord, say: 10 ‘A new time will certainly come. 11 People now affirm their oaths with “I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.”
Jeremiah 30:3
Context30:3 For I, the Lord, affirm 12 that the time will come when I will reverse the plight 13 of my people, Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. ‘I will bring them back to the land I gave their ancestors 14 and they will take possession of it once again.’” 15
Jeremiah 31:27
Context31:27 “Indeed, a time is coming,” 16 says the Lord, 17 “when I will cause people and animals to sprout up in the lands of Israel and Judah. 18
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Context31:31 “Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, 19 “when I will make a new covenant 20 with the people of Israel and Judah. 21 31:32 It will not be like the old 22 covenant that I made with their ancestors 23 when I delivered them 24 from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,” 25 says the Lord. 26 31:33 “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel 27 after I plant them back in the land,” 28 says the Lord. 29 “I will 30 put my law within them 31 and write it on their hearts and minds. 32 I will be their God and they will be my people. 33
31:34 “People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. 34 For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” 35 says the Lord. “For 36 I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”
Jeremiah 31:38
Context31:38 “Indeed a time is coming,” 37 says the Lord, 38 “when the city of Jerusalem 39 will be rebuilt as my special city. 40 It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate. 41
Luke 17:22
Context17:22 Then 42 he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days 43 of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
[10:16] 1 tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”
[10:16] 2 sn A quotation from Jer 31:33.
[10:17] 4 sn A quotation from Jer 31:34.
[23:5] 5 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[23:5] 6 tn Heb “Behold the days are coming.”
[23:5] 7 tn Heb “a righteous sprig to David” or “a righteous shoot” (NAB).
[23:5] 8 tn Heb “he will reign as king and act wisely.” This is another example of the use of two verbs joined by “and” where one becomes the adverbial modifier of the other (hendiadys). For the nuance of the verb “act wisely” rather than “prosper” see Amos 5:13; Ps 2:10 (cf. BDB 968 s.v. שָׂכַל Hiph.5).
[23:5] 9 sn This has been the constant emphasis in this section. See 22:3 for the demand, 22:15 for its fulfillment, and 22:13 for its abuse. The ideal king would follow in the footsteps of his illustrious ancestor David (2 Sam 8:15) who set this forth as an ideal for his dynasty (2 Sam 23:3) and prayed for it to be true of his son Solomon (Ps 72:1-2).
[23:7] 7 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[23:7] 8 tn Heb “Behold the days are coming.”
[30:3] 9 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[30:3] 10 tn Heb “restore the fortune.” For the translation and meaning of this idiom see the note at 29:14.
[30:3] 12 sn As the nations of Israel and Judah were united in their sin and suffered the same fate – that of exile and dispersion – (cf. Jer 3:8; 5:11; 11:10, 17) so they will ultimately be regathered from the nations and rejoined under one king, a descendant of David, and regain possession of their ancestral lands. The prophets of both the eighth and seventh century looked forward to this ideal (see, e.g., Hos 1:11 (2:2 HT); Isa 11:11-13; Jer 23:5-6; 30:3; 33:7; Ezek 37:15-22). This has already been anticipated in Jer 3:18.
[31:27] 11 tn Heb “Behold days are coming!” The particle “Behold” is probably used here to emphasize the reality of a fact. See the translator’s note on 1:6.
[31:27] 12 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[31:27] 13 tn Heb “Behold, the days are coming and [= when] I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of people and of animals.” For the significance of the metaphor see the study note.
[31:31] 13 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[31:31] 14 tn Or “a renewed covenant” (also in vv. 22-23).
[31:31] 15 tn Heb “the house of Israel and the house of Judah.”
[31:32] 15 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.
[31:32] 17 tn Heb “when I took them by the hand and led them out.”
[31:32] 18 tn Or “I was their master.” See the study note on 3:14.
[31:32] 19 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[31:33] 17 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.
[31:33] 18 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.
[31:33] 19 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[31:33] 20 tn Heb “‘But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after these days:’ says the
[31:33] 21 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.
[31:33] 22 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.
[31:33] 23 sn Compare Jer 24:7; 30:22; 31:1 and see the study note on 30:2.
[31:34] 19 tn Heb “teach…, saying, ‘Know the
[31:34] 20 sn This statement should be understood against the background of Jer 8:8-9 where class distinctions were drawn and certain people were considered to have more awareness and responsibility for knowing the law and also Jer 5:1-5 and 9:3-9 where the sinfulness of Israel was seen to be universal across these class distinctions and no trust was to be placed in friends, neighbors, or relatives because all without distinction had cast off God’s yoke (i.e., refused to submit themselves to his authority).
[31:34] 21 tn The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) that introduces this clause refers to more than just the preceding clause (i.e., that all will know the
[31:38] 21 tc The words “is coming” (בָּאִים, ba’im) are not in the written text (Kethib) but are supplied in the margin (Qere), in several Hebrew
[31:38] 22 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[31:38] 23 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[31:38] 24 tn Heb “the city will be built to [or for] the
[31:38] 25 tn The word “westward” is not in the text but is supplied in the translation to give some orientation.
[17:22] 23 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
[17:22] 24 sn This is a reference to the days of the full manifestation of Jesus’ power in a fully established kingdom. The reference to “days” instead of “day” is unusual, appearing only here and in v. 26, but it may be motivated merely by parallelism with the “days” of Noah there and the “days of Lot” in v. 28.
