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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks directly to the house of Israel, declaring a covenant that will succeed the one made at the exodus (v. 32). The speaker is God, the audience is the remnant, the occasion is the announcement of a new covenant order.

The words — הַבְּרִית (ha-berit, "the covenant") is the hinge noun of the passage; the contrast between old and new turns entirely on this word. אֶכְרֹת ('ekhrot, "I will make") is first-person future, marking the initiative as wholly divine.

The thread — Hebrews 8:10 and 10:16 quote this verse as the substance of the new covenant. 2 Corinthians 3:3 develops the "written" motif, specifying the Spirit as the writing agent.

Why it lands — The verse relocates the problem: the failure in v. 32 was not the law's content but its placement outside the person. It asks the reader to accept that the remedy is an act of God, not a reform of human effort.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.

The Hebrew words

כִּ֣יkithat זֹ֣אתzotthis הַבְּרִ֡יתha./be.Rit[is] the/ covenant אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich אֶכְרֹת֩'ekh.RotI will make אֶת־'et-with בֵּ֨יתbeit[the] house of יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElIsrael אַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.Reiafter הַיָּמִ֤יםhai./ya.Mimthe/ days הָהֵם֙ha./Hem<the>/ those נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance of יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh נָתַ֤תִּיna.Ta.tiI will put אֶת־'et-<obj.>תּֽוֹרָתִי֙to.ra.T/ilaw/ my בְּקִרְבָּ֔םbe./kir.Ba/min/ inner being/ their וְעַל־ve./'al-and/ on לִבָּ֖םli.Ba/mheart/ their אֶכְתֲּבֶ֑נָּה'ekh.ta.Ve./nahI will write/ it וְהָיִ֤יתִיve./ha.Yi.tiand/ I will becomeלָהֶם֙la./Hemfor <the>/ themלֵֽאלֹהִ֔יםle./lo.Him<into>/ God וְהֵ֖מָּהve./He.mahand/ they יִֽהְיוּ־yih.yu-they will becomeלִ֥יl/ifor <the>/ meלְעָֽם׃le./'Am<into>/ a people

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

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.
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.”
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.
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,
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.
Jeremiah 32:40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
Ezekiel 36:25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Psalms 40:8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Ezekiel 37:27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
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.