Where a verse leads
Jeremiah 31:33: Where It Appears, and Where It Leads to Christ
“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.”Jeremiah 31:33
Jeremiah 31:33 is one of the verses The Living Bread keeps returning to. It anchors 2 different readings across the site, from shadows and types to the feasts, the covenants, and the law. Each is listed below, with an honest note on how directly it is read of Christ. Read the verse first, then follow it wherever it leads.
Read it in its place
31 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 neighbour, 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 remember their sin no more. 35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Jeremiah 31 · King James Version
The Scripture on both sides of it
The New Testament takes this up at:
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:”
Hebrews 8:10 · King James Version
“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;”
Hebrews 10:16 · King James Version
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Every collection that stands on this verse
Shadows and types
The feasts, the covenants, and the law
- The New Covenant (Direct New Testament link)
Questions people ask
What does Jeremiah 31:33 mean?
Jeremiah 31:33 is one of the verses The Living Bread returns to again and again, because it opens onto Christ from several directions at once. Read it in its passage above, then follow the collections below to see how it is read across Scripture, each honestly labeled for how directly it speaks of Jesus.
Where is Jeremiah 31:33 in the Bible?
Jeremiah 31:33 is found in the book and chapter named in the reference. You can read the whole chapter, in the King James Version, on The Living Bread.
How does Jeremiah 31:33 point to Jesus?
Follow the collections gathered on this page. Each one opens Jeremiah 31:33 from a different angle, and together they show how the verse, read in its place, leads to Christ, who said that all the Scriptures speak of Him.