The LORD says, "When that time comes, the people of both Israel and Judah will come weeping, looking for me, their God.

At that time I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will do what is right and just throughout the land.

None of them will have to teach a neighbor to know the LORD, because all will know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and I will no longer remember their wrongs. I, the LORD, have spoken."

I foresee that Israel's future Will bring her no misfortune or trouble. The LORD their God is with them; They proclaim that he is their king.

The royal line of David is like a tree that has been cut down; but just as new branches sprout from a stump, so a new king will arise from among David's descendants.

The spirit of the LORD will give him wisdom and the knowledge and skill to rule his people. He will know the LORD's will and honor him,

And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.

I have swept your sins away like a cloud. Come back to me; I am the one who saves you."

You will be merciful to us once again. You will trample our sins underfoot and send them to the bottom of the sea!

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that he will forgive your sins. If you do,

And so God chose his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by making every one of you turn away from your wicked ways."

Who will accuse God's chosen people? God himself declares them not guilty!

Who, then, will condemn them? Not Christ Jesus, who died, or rather, who was raised to life and is at the right side of God, pleading with him for us!

Now, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel in the days to come, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

I will forgive their sins and will no longer remember their wrongs."

And then he says, "I will not remember their sins and evil deeds any longer."

So when these have been forgiven, an offering to take away sins is no longer needed.

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our sins from us.

And there is a difference between God's gift and the sin of one man. After the one sin, came the judgment of "Guilty"; but after so many sins, comes the undeserved gift of "Not guilty!"

Look on our Lord's patience as the opportunity he is giving you to be saved, just as our dear friend Paul wrote to you, using the wisdom that God gave him.

None of the people of Judah who are left and have come to Egypt to live will escape or survive. Not one of them will return to Judah, where they long to live once again. No one will return except a few refugees."

If the LORD Almighty had not let some of the people survive, Jerusalem would have been totally destroyed, just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.

You will be merciful to us once again. You will trample our sins underfoot and send them to the bottom of the sea!

Nor must you surrender any part of yourselves to sin to be used for wicked purposes. Instead, give yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes.

His choice is based on his grace, not on what they have done. For if God's choice were based on what people do, then his grace would not be real grace.

And this is how all Israel will be saved. As the scripture says, "The Savior will come from Zion and remove all wickedness from the descendants of Jacob.

I will make this covenant with them when I take away their sins."