Hebrews 8:10

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

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord declares to the house of Israel that He will establish a new covenant after a specified period. This declaration follows the failure of the previous arrangement made when He led their ancestors out of Egypt.

The words — διαθήκη (diathēkē) translates to "covenant" and διαθήσομαι (diathēsomai) translates to "I will make." These terms frame the divine commitment as a binding arrangement initiated solely by God.

The thread — This promise echoes Ezekiel 36:26 and Jeremiah 31:33, where God pledges internal transformation, and surfaces in 2 Corinthians 3:3 as the Spirit-written reality of the new covenant.

Why it lands — The text states that God will internalize His laws and claim Israel as His people. It requires readers to acknowledge that divine relationship now depends on God's internal work rather than external instruction.

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The Greek words

ὅτιhotiFor αὕτηhautēthis [is]ἡhēthe διαθήκηdiathēkēcovenant ἣνhēnthat διαθήσομαιdiathēsomaiI will make τῷtōwith the οἴκῳoikōhouse ἸσραὴλIsraēlof Israel μετὰmetaafter τὰςtasthe ἡμέραςhēmerasdays ἐκείνας,ekeinasthose,λέγειlegeisays κύριος,kurios[the] Lord,διδοὺςdidousputting νόμουςnomousLaws μουmouof Mine εἰςeisinto τὴνtēnthe διάνοιανdianoianmind αὐτῶνautōnof them καὶkaiand ἐπὶepiupon καρδίαςkardiashearts αὐτῶνautōnof them ἐπιγράψωepigrapsōI will inscribe αὐτούς·autousthem;καὶkaiand ἔσομαιesomaiI will be αὐτοῖςautoisto them εἰςeisfor θεόν,theonGod,καὶkaiand αὐτοὶautoithey themselves ἔσονταίesontaiwill be μοιmoito Me εἰςeisfor λαόν.laona people.

King James Version

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

Cross-references

Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
2 Corinthians 3:3 It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
Ezekiel 11:19 And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
Hebrews 10:16 “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
Deuteronomy 30:6 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Romans 9:25 As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
Romans 11:27 And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”