And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
Parallel translations
- WEB This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins.”
- KJV For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
- NKJV For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.”
- NASB “This is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.”
- NLT And this is my covenant with them, that I will take away their sins.”
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Quick answer
God's covenant with Israel is precisely his promise to take away their sins.
Overview
Continuing the Isaiah citation (with echoes of Isaiah 27:9 and Jeremiah 31), Paul grounds Israel's salvation in God's covenant pledge to forgive. The removal of sins points forward to the new covenant secured by Christ's atoning death. It assures that God's ancient promises find their 'Yes' in the gospel.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 31:31–34Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Isa 59:21“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
- Isa 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
- Ezek 36:25–29I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Jer 32:38–40They will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Isa 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Heb 10:16“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
- Heb 8:8–12But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- Jer 50:20In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
- Isa 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
- Hos 14:2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
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