Jeremiah 31-33 - I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it

Israel’s Mourning Turned to Joy

Jer 31:9 LSB – [9] "With weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, On a straight path in which they will not stumble; For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn."

David Guzik Study Guide for Jeremiah 31
Ephraim is My firstborn: Ephraim here represents Israel as a whole, as in the previous line. Yet it is significant that Ephraim was not the firstborn son of Jacob, yet God regarded him as firstborn. This shows that firstborn referred to more than birth order, it communicates the concept of preeminence.

Jer 31:15 LSB – [15] Thus says Yahweh, "A voice is heard in Ramah, Wailing [and] bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children Because they are no more."

Mat 2:16 LSB – [16] Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had carefully determined from the magi.

Jer 31:20 LSB – [20] "Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My inmost being yearns for him; I will surely have compassion on him," declares Yahweh.

The New Covenant

Jer 31:33 LSB – [33] "But this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days," declares Yahweh: "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Heb 8:10-13 LSB –

[10] "FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND UPON THEIR HEARTS I WILL WRITE THEM. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

[11] "AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACH EVERYONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN, AND EVERYONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, 'KNOW THE LORD,' FOR ALL WILL KNOW ME, FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.

[12] "FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE."

[13] When He said, "A new [covenant]," He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.

Heb 10:15-18 LSB –
[15] And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
[16] "THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART, AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM," [He then says],
[17] "AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE."
[18] Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer [any] offering for sin.

 

Jeremiah Buys a Field During the Siege

Jer 32:14-15 LSB – [14] 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Take these deeds--this deed of purchase--that is the sealed one as well as this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, that they may last a long time." [15] 'For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Houses and fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land."'

Jeremiah Prays, Yahweh Responds

Jer 32:16-17, 25 LSB – [16] "After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to Yahweh, saying, [17] 'Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You, ... [25] 'And You have said to me, O Lord Yahweh, "Buy for yourself the field with money and call in witnesses"--but the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.'"

Jer 32:37-41 LSB – [37] "Behold, I will gather them out of all the lands to which I have banished them in My anger, in My wrath, and in great indignation; and I will cause them to return to this place and make them inhabit [it] in safety. [38] "And they shall be My people, and I will be their God; [39] and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for [the good of] their children after them. [40] "And I will cut an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. [41] "And I will rejoice over them to do them good and will truly plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.