6. But now, Jesus has been given priestly work which is superior to theirs, just as the covenant which he arranged between God and his people is a better one, because it is based on promises of better things.
7. If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, there would have been no need for a second one.
8. But God finds fault with his people when he says:“The days are coming, says the Lord,when I will draw up a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
9. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestorson the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt.They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them,and so I paid no attention to them.
10. Now, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israelin the days to come, says the Lord:I will put my laws in their mindsand write them on their hearts.I will be their God,and they will be my people.