Hebrews 8:9

It will not be like the covenant 2 that I made with their ancestors 1 on the day that I took them by their hand 2 to lead them out of the land of Egypt. 1 For they did not carefully obey my covenant, 2 and I disregarded them 1 —says the Lord. 1

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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

In Context

8For when God found fault with the people, he said, 1 “See, the days are coming—says the Lord— 1 when I will make a new covenant 2 with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 1

10This is the covenant 2 that I will make with the house of Israel 1 after those days 2 —says the Lord. 1 I will put my laws into their minds, 1 and I will also write them on their hearts. 1 I will be their God, 1 and they will be my people. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 19:16But he lingered. So the men grabbed his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, because Yahweh was merciful to him. They brought them out, and set them outside the city.

Exodus 24:3Moses went and told the people all of Yahweh's words and decrees. All the people answered with one voice and said, “We will do all the words that Yahweh has said.”

Exodus 34:10Yahweh said, “See, I am about to make a covenant. Before all your people, I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth nor in any nation. All the people among you will see my deeds, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.

Deuteronomy 5:2Yahweh our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

Deuteronomy 29:12You are here in order to enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God and into the oath that Yahweh your God is making with you today,

Deuteronomy 31:16Yahweh said to Moses, “Look, you will sleep with your fathers; this people will rise up and act like a prostitute going after the strange gods that are among them in the land where they are going. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 8:7-13

The Old and New Covenant. ( a. d. 62.) 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their… Read the whole commentary →

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