They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment,

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

“Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.’

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

“It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.

“For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.