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Indeed, if that first covenant were without fault, there would have been no reason to look for a second. But because God found fault with the people, he said:[a]

Look, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant
that I made with their forefathers
at the time when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt.
Because they did not remember my covenant,
I ignored them, says the Lord.

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  1. Hebrews 8:8 Some witnesses to the text read Since he found fault, he said to them.