Jeremiah 31:31

Revised Standard Version

"Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Look, the days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Yisra'el, and with the house of Yehudah:

King James Version
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

English Standard Version
"Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord , when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

New Century Version
"Look, the time is coming," says the Lord , "when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and the people of Judah.

Amplified Bible
"Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel (the Northern Kingdom) and with the house of Judah (the Southern Kingdom),

World English Bible
Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new couenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Iudah,

Legacy Standard Bible
"Behold, days are coming," declares Yahweh, "when I will cut a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Berean Standard Bible
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said: The time will surely come when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah.

Complete Jewish Bible
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers on the day I took them by their hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt; because they, for their part, violated my covenant, even though I, for my part, was a husband to them," says Adonai .

Darby Translation
Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord said, "The time is coming when I will make a new agreement with the family of Israel and with the family of Judah.

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

Good News Translation
The Lord says, "The time is coming when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.

Lexham English Bible
Look, the days are coming," declares Yahweh, "and I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Literal Translation
Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will cut a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, the dayes come (saieth the LORDE) yt I will make a new couenaunt with ye house of Israel & with ye house of Iuda:

American Standard Version
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Bible in Basic English
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; forasmuch as they broke My covenant, although I was a lord over them, saith the LORD.

King James Version (1611)
Behold, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will make a newe couenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Iudah.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde the dayes wyll come saith the Lorde, that I wyll make a newe couenaunt with the house of Israel, and the house of Iuda:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore howl ye for Moab on all sides; cry out against the shorn men in a gloomy place. I will weep for thee,

English Revised Version
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal smyte a newe boond of pees to the hous of Israel, and to the hous of Juda;

Update Bible Version
Look, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

New English Translation
"Indeed, a time is coming," says the Lord , "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.

New King James Version
"Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah--

New Living Translation
"The day is coming," says the Lord , "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.

New Life Bible
The days are coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a New Way of Worship for the Jews and those of the family group of Judah.

New Revised Standard
The days are surely coming, says the Lord , when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, - When I will solemnize - With the house of Israel and With the house of Judah, A new covenant:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold the days shall come, saith the Lord, and I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Juda:

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, days are coming, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have made with the house of Israel And with the house of Judah a new covenant,

THE MESSAGE
"That's right. The time is coming when I will make a brand-new covenant with Israel and Judah. It won't be a repeat of the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant even though I did my part as their Master." God 's Decree.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Contextual Overview

²⁷ "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. ²⁸ And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the LORD. ²⁹ In those days they shall no longer say: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.' ³⁰ But every one shall die for his own sin; each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge. ³¹ "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, ³² not like the covenant which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant which they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD. ³³ But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ³⁴ And no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the days: Jeremiah 31:27, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 30:3, Jeremiah 33:14-16, Amos 9:13

I: Jeremiah 32:40, Ezekiel 37:26, Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20, 1 Corinthians 11:25, 2 Corinthians 3:6, Hebrews 8:6-13, Hebrews 9:15, Hebrews 10:16, Hebrews 10:17, Hebrews 12:24, Hebrews 13:20

with: Jeremiah 50:4, Jeremiah 50:5, Galatians 6:16, Philippians 3:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:18 - made Exodus 19:5 - keep Numbers 15:41 - General Deuteronomy 9:9 - the tables Deuteronomy 27:3 - thou shalt Deuteronomy 29:13 - he may be Deuteronomy 29:14 - General 2 Kings 17:35 - With whom 1 Chronicles 17:22 - thy people 2 Chronicles 5:10 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 34:30 - the book Psalms 25:14 - he will Psalms 81:10 - I am Isaiah 59:21 - this Jeremiah 11:4 - ye be Jeremiah 23:7 - General Ezekiel 16:60 - I will establish Ezekiel 16:61 - but not Ezekiel 34:25 - I will make Daniel 9:27 - confirm Hosea 2:19 - for Zechariah 10:6 - I will save Zechariah 11:10 - that John 14:21 - that hath Acts 2:36 - all Acts 5:31 - to give Romans 11:26 - all Romans 11:27 - this 2 Corinthians 8:16 - thanks Ephesians 2:12 - the covenants Hebrews 7:12 - a change Hebrews 8:8 - he saith

Cross-References

Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "I did it because I thought, There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

Genesis 31:26
And Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have cheated me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

Genesis 31:27
Why did you flee secretly, and cheat me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre?

Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man lays a snare, but he who trusts in the LORD is safe.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,.... This refers to Gospel times, as is clear from the quotation and application by the apostle, Hebrews 8:8; and it is owned by a modern Jew l to belong to the times of the Messiah. It is introduced with a "behold", as a note of attention, pointing to something of moment, and very agreeable and desirable, as the covenant of grace, its blessings and promises, are; and as a note of admiration, it being justly to be wondered at that God should make a covenant with such sinful and unworthy creatures as he has;

that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house Judah; by this "covenant" is meant the covenant of called new, not because newly made, for it was with the elect in Christ from everlasting; so early was Christ set up as the Mediator of it; and so early were promises made, and blessings given, to them in him: nor because newly revealed; for it was made known to all the saints, more or less, under the former dispensation, particularly to David, to Abraham, yea, to our first parents immediately after the fall, though more clearly manifested under the Gospel dispensation; but because of its new mode of exhibition; not by types, and shadows, and sacrifices, as formerly; but by the ministry of the word, and the administration of Gospel ordinances; and in distinction from the former covenant, which is done away, as to the mode of it; and because it is a famous covenant, an excellent one, a better covenant, best of all; better than the covenant of works, and even better than the covenant of grace, under the former administration; in the clear manifestation and extensive application of it; and in the ratification of it by the blood of Christ; besides, it provides and promises new things, as a new heart, and a new spirit; to which may be added, that it may be called new, because it is always new; it continues, it stands firm, as Kimchi observes, and shall not be made void; it will never be succeeded nor antiquated by any other covenant, or any other mode of administration of it. The persons with whom this covenant is said to be made are "the house of Israel and of Judah"; which was literally true of them in the first times of the Gospel, to whom the Gospel was first preached, and many of them were called by grace, and had an application of covenant blessings made to them; and is mystically to be understood of God's elect, whether Jews or Gentiles; the Israel after the spirit; Israelites indeed, Jews inwardly, even all that are fellow citizens of the saints, and of the household of God, the middle wall of partition being broken down: and this "making" of a covenant with them intends no other than a making it known unto them; showing it to them, and their interest in it; in God, as their covenant God; and in Christ, as the Mediator of it; and an application of the blessings and promises of it to them.

l Abendana, not. in Miclol Yophi in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The prophet shows that the happiness of Israel and Judah, united in one prosperous nation, will rest upon the consciousness that their chastisement has been the result of sins which they have themselves committed, and that God’s covenant depends not upon external sanctions, but upon a renewed heart.

Jeremiah 31:27

So rapid shall be the increase that it shall seem as if children and young cattle sprang up out of the ground.

Jeremiah 31:29, Jeremiah 31:30

A sour grape - Better, sour grapes. The idea that Jeremiah and Ezekiel (marginal reference) modified the terms of the second Commandment arises from a mistaken exegesis of their words. Compare Jeremiah 32:18; Deuteronomy 24:16. The obdurate Jews made it a reproach to the divine justice that the nation was to be sorely visited for Manasseh’s sin. But this was only because generation after generation had, instead of repenting, repeated the sins of that evil time, and even in a worse form. justice must at length have its course. The acknowledgment that each man died for his own iniquity was a sign of their return to a more just and right state of feeling.

Jeremiah 31:31

A time is foretold which shall be to the nation as marked an epoch as was the Exodus. God at Sinai made a covenant with His people, of which the sanctions were material, or (where spiritual) materially understood. Necessarily therefore the Mosaic Church was temporary, but the sanctions of Jeremiah’s Church are spiritual - written in the heart - and therefore it must take the place of the former covenant Hebrews 8:13, and must last forever. The prophecy was fulfilled when those Jews who accepted Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah, expanded the Jewish into the Christian Church.

Jeremiah 31:32

Although ... - i. e., although as their husband (or, “lord” (Baal, compare Hosea 2:16)) I had lawful authority over them. The translation in Hebrews 8:9 agrees with the Septuagint here, but the balance of authority is in favor of the King James Version.

Jeremiah 31:33

The old law could be broken Jeremiah 31:32; to remedy this God gives, not a new law, but a new power to the old law. It used to be a mere code of morals, external to man, and obeyed as a duty. In Christianity, it becomes an inner force, shaping man’s character from within.

Jeremiah 31:34

I will forgive their iniquity - The foundation of the new covenant is the free forgiveness of sins (compare Matthew 1:21). It is the sense of this full unmerited love which so affects the heart as to make obedience henceforward an inner necessity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 31:31. A new covenant — The Christian dispensation.