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Jeremiah 31:31-34
An Exegesis

A Paper Submitted To
Liberty Theological Seminary
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
For Completion of the Course

HOMI 501
PREPARATION OF THE SERMON
By
Theresa Mahan

LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

JEREMIAH 31:31-34(New International Version)

31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them, “declares the Lord.
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God, and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord, because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, “declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

JEREMIAH 31:31-34(New King James Version) Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will



Bibliography: Draper, Charles W., Chad Brand, and Archie England, eds. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Revised ed. Chattanooga: Holman Reference, 2003. http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/eastons-bible-dictionary/? Roswell D Hitchcock, Hitchcock 's Bible Names Dictionary Benediction Classics, 2010), Electronic Book LaSor, William Sanford, David Allan Hubbard, and Frederic William Bush. Old Testament Survey: the Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament. 2 Sub ed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996.

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