In Jeremiah 31.31-37, God announces through his prophet that he will be making a new covenant with his people. He is replacing the covenant he made when he brought the people out of Egypt; they were unable to keep that one. In the following list of New Covenant promises, one can see that not all things are changed, but the ministry of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit will have an impact, following the plan of God the Father:

• I will put my law within them (vs 33)
• I will write my law on their hearts (33)
• I will be their God and they shall be my people (34)
• They will not teach each other to know the LORD, because they shall all know me (34)
• I will forgive their iniquity (34)
• I will remember their sin no more (34).

The last several verses show the seriousness of God’s intentions.  The likelihood that this covenant will cease is the same as the likelihood that the sun, the moon and the stars will cease giving light (vs35), and as likely as man understanding all of creation (heavens above and foundations of earth, vs 37).