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The New Covenant

27 “Look, the days are coming,” declares[a] Yahweh, “and I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humankind, and with the seed of animals.[b] 28 And then[c] as I have watched over them to pull up, and to tear down, and to annihilate, and to destroy, and to do evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares[d] Yahweh. 29 “In those days they will say no longer, ‘Parents[e] have eaten unripe fruit, and the teeth of the children are set on edge[f].’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:27 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 31:27 Hebrew “animal”
  3. Jeremiah 31:28 Literally “And it will happen”
  4. Jeremiah 31:28 Literally “a declaration of”
  5. Jeremiah 31:29 Literally “Fathers”
  6. Jeremiah 31:29 Literally “have become blunt”

27 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Lord, “when I will plant(B) the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals. 28 Just as I watched(C) over them to uproot(D) and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster,(E) so I will watch over them to build and to plant,”(F) declares the Lord. 29 “In those days people will no longer say,

‘The parents(G) have eaten sour grapes,
    and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’(H)

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