¹⁵ And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

⁷ He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.

⁸ He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;

⁹ The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

¹⁰ And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

¹⁰ For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.

⁸ For, protesting against them, he says, See, the days are coming when I will make a new agreement with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah;

⁹ Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand, to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; for they did not keep the agreement with me, and I gave them up, says the Lord.

¹⁰ For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

¹¹ And there will be no need for every man to be teaching his brother, or his neighbour, saying, This is the knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, great and small.

¹² And I will have mercy on their evil-doing, and I will not keep their sins in mind.

¹³ When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.

²⁵ In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me.

²³ But the Lord was kind to them and had pity on them, caring for them, because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he would not put them to destruction or send them away from before his face till now.

⁶ But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

²⁵ You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

²⁶ To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.

³⁴ I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

³⁵ I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

³⁶ His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

³⁸ But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.