CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Jeremiah 31:33 Context: But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001a.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/jeremiah/31-33.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/jeremiah/31-33.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="//biblehub.com/crossref/">Cross Refs</a> > Jeremiah 31:33</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/31-32.htm" title="Jeremiah 31:32">◄</a> Jeremiah 31:33 <a href="../jeremiah/31-34.htm" title="Jeremiah 31:34">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Context</div><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, Know the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, declares the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>Thus says the L<font size="1">ORD</font>,<br>         Who gives the sun for light by day<br>         And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,<br>         Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar;<br>         The L<font size="1">ORD</font> of hosts is His name: <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>If this fixed order departs<br>         From before Me, declares the L<font size="1">ORD</font>,<br>         Then the offspring of Israel also will cease<br>         From being a nation before Me forever.<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>Thus says the L<font size="1">ORD</font>,<br>         If the heavens above can be measured<br>         And the foundations of the earth searched out below,<br>         Then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel<br>         For all that they have done, declares the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>Behold, days are coming, declares the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, when the city will be rebuilt for the L<font size="1">ORD</font> from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>The measuring line will go out farther straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>; it will not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/31.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my law in their bowels, and I will write it in their heart: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/jeremiah/31.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/31.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the LORD; I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/31.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For this is the covenant that I make, With the house of Israel, after those days, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have given My law in their inward part, And on their heart I do write it, And I have been to them for God, And they are to me for a people.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/what_the_stable_creation_teaches.htm">What the Stable Creation Teaches</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'If those ordinances depart from before Me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me for ever.'--JER. xxxi. 36. This is the seal of the new covenant, which is to be made in days future to the prophet and his contemporaries, with the house of Israel and of Judah. That new covenant is referred to in Hebrews as the fundamental law of Christ's kingdom. Therefore we have the right to take to ourselves the promises which it contains, and to think of 'the house <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/what_the_stable_creation_teaches.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/what_the_immense_creation_teaches.htm">What the Immense Creation Teaches</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.'--JER. xxxi. 37. In the former sermon we considered the previous verse as presenting the stability of creation as a guarantee of the firmness of God's gracious covenant. Now we have to consider these grand closing words which bring before us another aspect of the universe as a guarantee for another side of God's gracious <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/what_the_immense_creation_teaches.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/august_the_twenty-first_satisfaction.htm">August the Twenty-First Satisfaction</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"My people shall be satisfied with My goodness." --JEREMIAH xxxi. 10-14. And how unlike is all this to the feasts of the world! There is a great show, but no satisfaction. There is much decorative china, but no nutritious food or drink. "Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again." We rise from the table, and our deepest cravings are unappeased. "Why art thou cast down, O my soul?" We know. We have had a condiment, but no meat; a showy menu-card, but no reviving feast. Nothing but <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/august_the_twenty-first_satisfaction.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Henry Jowett—</span><span class="citation2">My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_2_1856/god_in_the_covenant.htm">God in the Covenant</a><br></span><span class="snippet">But I have been thinking for the last two or three days, that the covenant of grace excels the other covenant most marvelously in the mighty blessings which it confers. What does the covenant of grace convey? I had thought this morning of preaching a sermon upon "The covenant of grace; what are the blessings it gives to God's children?" But when I began to think of it, there was so much in the covenant, that if I had only read a catalogue of the great and glorious blessings, wrapped up within its <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_2_1856/god_in_the_covenant.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the_two_covenants/chapter_ii_the_two_covenants_.htm">The Two Covenants: their Relation</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"It is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondmaid, and one by the freewoman. Howbeit, the one by the bondmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise. Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants." -GAL. iv. 22-24. THERE are two covenants, one called the Old, the other the New. God speaks of this very distinctly in Jeremiah, where He says: "The days come, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, not after the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the_two_covenants/chapter_ii_the_two_covenants_.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Andrew Murray—</span><span class="citation2">The Two Covenants</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the_two_covenants/chapter_iv_the_new_covenant.htm">The New Covenant</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be My people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."--JER. xxxi. 33, 34. ISAIAH has often been called <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the_two_covenants/chapter_iv_the_new_covenant.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Andrew Murray—</span><span class="citation2">The Two Covenants</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxix_conversion_of_all_that.htm">Conversion of all that Come. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Turn Thou me and I shall be turned." --Jer. xxxi. 18. The elect, born again and effectually called, converts himself. To remain unconverted is impossible; but he inclines his ear, he turns his face to the blessed God, he is converted in the fullest sense of the word. In conversion the fact of cooperation on the part of the saved sinner assumes a clearly defined and perceptible character. In regeneration there was none; in the calling there was a beginning of it; in conversion proper it became a <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxix_conversion_of_all_that.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Abraham Kuyper—</span><span class="citation2">The Work of the Holy Spirit</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney_hymns/hymn_59_old_things_are.htm">Old Things are Passed Away. </a><br></span><span class="snippet"> <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney_hymns/hymn_59_old_things_are.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Newton—</span><span class="citation2">Olney Hymns</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_active_life_remains.htm">Whether the Active Life Remains after this Life?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It would seem that the active life remains after this life. For the acts of the moral virtues belong to the active life, as stated above [3738](A[1]). But the moral virtues endure after this life according to Augustine (De Trin. xiv, 9). Therefore the active life remains after this life. Objection 2: Further, teaching others belongs to the active life, as stated above [3739](A[3]). But in the life to come when "we shall be like the angels," teaching will be possible: even as apparently <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_active_life_remains.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_19_a_prophet_of.htm">A Prophet of Peace</a><br></span><span class="snippet">[This chapter is based on 2 Kings 4.] The work of Elisha as a prophet was in some respects very different from that of Elijah. To Elijah had been committed messages of condemnation and judgment; his was the voice of fearless reproof, calling king and people to turn from their evil ways. Elisha's was a more peaceful mission; his it was to build up and strengthen the work that Elijah had begun; to teach the people the way of the Lord. Inspiration pictures him as coming into personal touch with the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_19_a_prophet_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Story of Prophets and Kings</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/waiting_faith_rewarded_and_strengthened.htm">Waiting Faith Rewarded and Strengthened by New Revelations</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before Me, and be thou perfect. And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/waiting_faith_rewarded_and_strengthened.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jeremiah/31-32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 31:32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 31:32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/31-34.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 31:34"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 31:34" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/jeremiah/31-33.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>