And this is my covenant with them, that I will 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.
- BSB And this is My covenant with them when I 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.”
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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 31:31–34“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that 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 Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from henceforth and forever.”
- Isa 27:9Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherah poles and the incense altars shall rise no more.
- Ezek 36:25–29I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
- Jer 32:38–40and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
- Isa 43:25I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
- Heb 10:16“This is the covenant that I will make with them: ‘After those days,’ says the Lord, ‘I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;’” then he says,
- Heb 8:8–12For finding fault with them, he said, “Behold, the days come”, says the Lord, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
- John 1:29The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- Jer 50:20In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there will be none; also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
- Isa 55:3Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Hos 14:2Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.
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