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For ^(C1)if that first covenant had been free of fault, no ^(F1)circumstances would have been sought for a second.

For in finding fault with ^(F1)the people, He says, "^(C1)BEHOLD, DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, ^(F2)WHEN I WILL BRING ABOUT ^(C2)A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND THE HOUSE OF JUDAH,

^(C1)NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS ON THE DAY I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO BRING THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; FOR THEY DID NOT CONTINUE IN MY COVENANT, AND I DID NOT CARE ABOUT THEM, SAYS THE LORD.

-"^(C1)FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT WHICH I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, DECLARES THE LORD: ^(F1)I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND WRITE THEM ^(C2)ON THEIR HEARTS. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

-"^(C1)AND THEY WILL NOT TEACH, EACH ONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN, AND EACH ONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, 'KNOW THE LORD,' FOR ^(C2)THEY WILL ALL KNOW ME, FROM ^(F1)THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.

-"^(C1)FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TOWARD THEIR WRONGDOINGS, ^(C2)AND THEIR SINS I WILL NO LONGER REMEMBER."

^(F1)When He said, "^(C1)A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. ^(C2)But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ^(F2)about to disappear.