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Hebrews 8:9

in Hebrews 8

It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

KJV

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

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This verse in Hebrews 8

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Not according to the covenant ... - An arrangement or dispensation relating mainly to outward observances, and to temporal blessings. The meaning is, that the new dispensation would be different from what was made with them when they came out of Egypt. In what respects it would differ is specified in Heb 8:10-12. Because they continued not in my covenant - In Jeremiah, in the Hebrew, this is, “while my covenant they brake.” That is, they failed to comply with the conditions on which I promised to bestow blessings upon them.

This site's exposition

no place have been sought for the second

on Hebrews 8:7-9

If the first covenant had been faultless there would have been no place sought for a second, yet the fault named at verse 8 lies with them, the people under it, not with the covenant's own terms, finding fault with them, he saith. The proof is Jeremiah 31:31-32, quoted at length, the longest Old Testament citation in the New Testament: behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not according to the covenant made when he took their fathers by the hand out of Egypt, because they continued not in my covenant. The new covenant Jeremiah promises is made explicitly with Israel and with Judah, the same nation, never a covenant handed to another people in their place, and the exposition holds that ground as firmly as Jeremiah's own chapter does three verses later, where the Lord swears Israel's standing as a nation is as fixed as the sun, moon, and stars.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Even after the return from Babylon, idolatry was succeeded by what was not much better, formalism and hypocrisy (Mt 12:43). The law was (1) a typical picture, tracing out the features of the glorious Gospel to be revealed; (2) it had a delegated virtue from the Gospel, which ceased, therefore, when the Gospel came.

The words behind it

34 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 31:32It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.11 worksJohn 8:31So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.10 worksGalatians 4:24These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.5 worksMark 8:23So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.4 worksPsalms 77:20You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.3 worksDeuteronomy 29:1These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.3 worksActs 9:8Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.3 works2 Kings 17:15–18They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.3 worksGalatians 3:15–19Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.3 worksIsaiah 24:5–6The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.3 worksPsalms 78:10–11They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.3 worksExodus 34:10And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.3 worksPsalms 78:57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.3 worksMalachi 2:13And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.3 worksJob 8:20Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.3 worksDeuteronomy 29:25And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.3 worksHebrews 9:18–20That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.3 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Mark 8:23

    So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He…

    it leads to

    • Mark 7:33

      So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.

    • John 9:6–7

      When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

  • Through

    Psalms 77:20

    You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 13:21

      And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel…

    • Isaiah 63:11–12

      Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His…

    • Exodus 14:19

      And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

    • Psalms 78:52

      He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 31:32

    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 24:6–8

      Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.

  • Through

    Galatians 4:24

    These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 21:9–13

      But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

Where this verse is studied

About Hebrews

Christ Presented to the People — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
Christ Presented to the People — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
Hebrews: the study guide →Read Hebrews 8 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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