SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:10
por lo cual este es el testamento que ordenar a la Casa de Israel despus de aquellos días, dice el Seor: Dar mis leyes en el alma de ellos, y sobre el corazn de ellos las escribir; y ser a ellos por Dios, y ellos me sern a mí por pueblo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Hebrew 8:10
Verse 10. This is the covenant] This is the nature of that glorious system of religion which I shall publish among them after those days, i.e., in the times of the Gospel. I will put my laws into their mind] I will influence them with the principles of law, truth, holiness, &c.; and their understandings shall he fully enlightened to comprehend them.
And write them in their hearts] All their affections, passions, and appetites, shall be purified and filled with holiness and love to God and man; so that they shall willingly obey, and feel that love is the fulfilling of the law: instead of being written on tables of stone, they shall be written on the fleshly tables of their hearts.
I will be to them a God] These are the two grand conditions by which the parties in this covenant or agreement are bound: 1. I will be your God. 2.
Ye shall be my people. As the object of religious adoration to any man is that Being from whom he expects light, direction, defense, support, and happiness: so God, promising to be their God, promises in effect to give them all these great and good things. To be God's people implies that they should give God their whole hearts, serve him with all their light and strength, and have no other object of worship or dependence but himself.
Any of these conditions broken, the covenant is rendered null and void, and the other party absolved from his engagement.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel , etc..] That is, this is the sum and substance of the covenant, which God promised to make with, or to make manifest and known to his chosen people, the true Israelites, under the Gospel dispensation; or the following are the several articles of that covenant, he proposed to consummate or finish, as before: after those days, saith the Lord ; after the times of the Old Testament, when the Messiah shall be come, and the Gospel day shall take place. So the Jews apply these days, when they represent the Israelites saying to Moses, O that he (God) would reveal (himself or will) to us a second time!
O that he would kiss us with the kisses of his mouth, and that the doctrine of the law was fixed in our hearts; when he (Moses) said to them, this is not to be done now, but abl dyt[l , in the time to come, (i.e. in the times of the Messiah,) as it is said, ( Jeremiah 31:33). I will put my law , etc.. and so they are elsewhere applied to the same times. And the first article in it is, I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts ; by the laws of God are meant not the precepts of the ceremonial law, which were now abrogated, but either the moral law, and its commands; which is a transcript of the divine nature, was inscribed on Adam's heart in innocence, and some remains of it are even in the Gentiles, but greatly obliterated through the sin of man; and there is in men naturally a contrary disposition to it; in regeneration it is reinscribed by the Spirit of God; and great respect is had to it by regenerate persons, in which lies one part of their conformity to Christ: or else, since the word law signifies sometimes no other than a doctrine, an instruction, the doctrines of grace, of repentance towards God, of faith in Christ, and love to him, and every other doctrine may be intended; and the tables where, according to the tenor of this covenant, these are put and written, are two tables, as before, the mind and heart; but not two tables of stone, on which the law of Moses was written, partly that it might not be lost, through defect of memory, and partly to denote the firmness and stability of it, as also to point at the hardness of man's heart; but the fleshly tables of the heart; not that part of our flesh that is called the heart; but the souls of men, such hearts as are regenerated and sanctified by the Spirit of God, and such minds as are renewed by him: and the putting of them into the mind, designs the knowledge of them, which God gives; as of the moral law, of its spirituality and perfection, showing that there is no life and righteousness by it, that it is fulfilled by Christ, and is a rule of conversation to the saints; and of all other laws, ordinances, and doctrines of Christ: and the writing them in, or on the heart, intends a filling the soul with love and affection to them, so that it regards them singly and heartily; and a powerful inclination of the heart to be subject to them, through the efficacious grace of God; and which is done not with the ink of nature's power, but with the Spirit of the living God, ( Corinthians 3:3). And I will be to them a God ; not in such sense as he is the God of all mankind, or as he was the God of Israel in a distinguishing manner, but as he is the God of Christ, and of all the elect in him; and he is their God, not merely as the God of nature and providence, but as the God of all grace; he is so in a covenant way, and as in Christ, and by virtue of electing grace, and which is made manifest in the effectual calling; and as such, he has set his heart on them, and set them apart for himself; he saves them by his Son, adopts and regenerates them, justifies and sanctifies them, provides for them, protects and preserves them; and happy are they that are interested in this blessing of the covenant, which is preferable to everything else; they have everything, and can want no good thing; they need fear no enemy; all things work together for their good; and God continues to be their God in life and in death; so that they may depend on his love, be secure of his power, expect every needful supply of grace, and to be carried through every duty and trial, and to share in the first resurrection, and to enjoy eternal happiness: and they shall be to me a people ; not in such sense as all mankind are, or the Jews were in a more peculiar respect, but as all God's elect are, whether Jews or Gentiles; and who are such whom God has loved with a special love, has chose in Christ, and given to him, and with whom he has made a covenant in him; whom Christ saves from their sins by his blood, and calls them by his grace and Spirit, and who give up themselves to him; these are a distinct and peculiar people, a people near unto the Lord, and who are all righteous in Christ, and are made willing in the day of his power on their souls.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-13 - The superior excellence of the priesthood of Christ, above that of Aaron, is shown from that covenant of grace, of which Christ wa Mediator. The law not only made all subject to it, liable to be condemned for the guilt of sin, but also was unable to remove tha guilt, and clear the conscience from the sense and terror of it Whereas, by the blood of Christ, a full remission of sins was provided so that God would remember them no more. God once wrote his laws to his people, now he will write his laws in them; he will give the understanding to know and to believe his laws; he will give the memories to retain them; he will give them hearts to love them, courag to profess them, and power to put them in practice. This is the foundation of the covenant; and when this is laid, duty will be don wisely, sincerely, readily, easily, resolutely, constantly, and with comfort. A plentiful outpouring of the Spirit of God will make the ministration of the gospel so effectual, that there shall be a might increase and spreading of Christian knowledge in persons of all sorts Oh that this promise might be fulfilled in our days, that the hand of God may be with his ministers so that great numbers may believe, and be turned to the Lord! The pardon of sin will always be found to accompan the true knowledge of God. Notice the freeness of this pardon; it fulness; its fixedness. This pardoning mercy is connected with all other spiritual mercies: unpardoned sin hinders mercy, and pulls dow judgments; but the pardon of sin prevents judgment, and opens a wid door to all spiritual blessings. Let us search whether we are taught by the Holy Spirit to know Christ, so as uprightly to love, fear, trust and obey him. All worldly vanities, outward privileges, or mere notion of religion, will soon vanish away, and leave those who trust in the miserable for ever __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
οτι 3754 αυτη 3778 η 3588 διαθηκη 1242 ην 3739 διαθησομαι 1303 5695 τω 3588 οικω 3624 ισραηλ 2474 μετα 3326 τας 3588 ημερας 2250 εκεινας 1565 λεγει 3004 5719 κυριος 2962 διδους 1325 5723 νομους 3551 μου 3450 εις 1519 την 3588 διανοιαν 1271 αυτων 846 και 2532 επι 1909 καρδιας 2588 αυτων 846 επιγραψω 1924 5692 αυτους 846 και 2532 εσομαι 2071 5704 αυτοις 846 εις 1519 θεον 2316 και 2532 αυτοι 846 εσονται 2071 5704 μοι 3427 εις 1519 λαον 2992
Vincent's NT Word Studies
10. The covenant which I will make (h diaqhkh hn doaqhsomai). The noun and the verb are cognate - the arrangement which I will arrange. A covenant (diaqhkh) is something arranged (diatiqesqai) between two parties. See the same combination, Acts iii. 25.
I will put my laws (didouv nomouv mou). Lit. giving my laws: const. with I will make: "the covenant which I will make by giving my laws." Mind (dianoian). The moral understanding. See on Mark xii. 30; Luke i. 51. Hearts, kardiav, see on Rom. i. 21; x. 10.
A God - a people (eiv qeon-eiv laon). Lit. unto a God, etc. A Hebraistic form of expression, eijv signifying the destination of the substantive verb. The sense is, I will be to them to serve as a God; or my being as related to them will amount to my being a God to them. Comp. Matt. xix. 5; 2 Cor. vi. 18; Heb. i. 5.
