8. But God found something wrong with his people. He says:“Look, the time is coming, says the Lord,when I will make a new agreementwith the people of Israeland the people of Judah.
9. It will not be like the agreementI made with their ancestorswhen I took them by the handto bring them out of Egypt.But they broke that agreement,and I turned away from them, says the Lord.
10. This is the agreement I will makewith the people of Israel at that time, says the Lord.I will put my teachings in their mindsand write them on their hearts.I will be their God,and they will be my people.
11. People will no longer have to teach their neighbors and relativesto know the Lord,because all people will know me,from the least to the most important.
12. I will forgive them for the wicked things they did,and I will not remember their sins anymore.”
13. God called this a new agreement, so he has made the first agreement old. And anything that is old and worn out is ready to disappear.