Hebrews 8:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

It won't be like the agreement that I made with their ancestors, when I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. They broke their agreement with me, and I stopped caring about them!

Cross References

Genesis 19:16

At first, Lot just stood there. But the LORD wanted to save him. So the angels took Lot, his wife, and his two daughters by the hand and led them out of the city.

Job 8:20

We know God doesn't reject an innocent person or help a sinner.

Psalm 105:43

When the Lord rescued his chosen people from Egypt, they celebrated with songs.

Psalm 77:20

You guided your people like a flock of sheep, and you chose Moses and Aaron to be their leaders.

Psalm 78:57

They were as unfaithful as their ancestors, and they were as crooked as a twisted arrow.

Exodus 32:8

They have already stopped obeying me and have made themselves an idol in the shape of a young bull. They have bowed down to it, offered sacrifices, and said that it is the god who brought them out of Egypt.

Exodus 34:10

The LORD said: I promise to perform miracles for you that have never been seen anywhere on earth. Neighbouring nations will stand in fear and know that I was the one who did these marvellous things.

Song of Solomon 8:5

Who is this young woman coming in from the desert and leaning on the shoulder of the one she loves? I stirred up your passions under the apple tree where you were born.

Isaiah 40:11

The LORD cares for his nation, just as shepherds care for their flocks. He carries the lambs in his arms, while gently leading the mother sheep.

Isaiah 41:13

I am the LORD your God. I am holding your hand, so don't be afraid. I am here to help you.

Isaiah 51:18

Not one of your many children is there to guide you or to offer a helping hand.

Isaiah 63:9

It troubled the LORD to see them in trouble, and his angel saved them. The LORD was truly merciful, so he rescued his people. He took them in his arms and carried them all those years.

Jeremiah 31:32

It will be different from the agreement I made with their ancestors when I led them out of Egypt. Although I was their God, they broke that agreement.

Lamentations 4:16

The LORD is the one who sent them scattering, and he has forgotten them. No respect or kindness will be shown to the priests or leaders.

Ezekiel 16:59

Jerusalem, you deserve to be punished, because you broke your promises and ignored our agreement.

Ezekiel 16:8

When I saw you again, you were old enough to have sex. So I covered your naked body with my own robe. Then I solemnly promised that you would belong to me and that I, the LORD God, would take care of you.

Amos 5:22

I won't accept your offerings or animal sacrifices— not even your very best.

Malachi 2:13

And what else are you doing? You cry noisily and flood the LORD's altar with your tears, because he isn't pleased with your offerings and refuses to accept them.

Mark 8:23

Jesus took him by the hand and led him out of the village, where he spat into the man's eyes. He placed his hands on the blind man and asked him if he could see anything.

Acts 13:11

The Lord is going to punish you by making you completely blind for a while.” Suddenly the man's eyes were covered by a dark mist, and he went around trying to get someone to lead him by the hand.

Acts 7:36

In Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the desert, Moses rescued the people by performing miracles and wonders for forty years.

Acts 9:8

Saul got up from the ground, and when he opened his eyes, he could not see a thing. Someone then led him by the hand to Damascus,

Galatians 4:24

All this has another meaning as well. Each of the two women stands for one of the agreements God made with his people. Hagar, the slave woman, stands for the agreement that was made at Mount Sinai. Everyone born into her family is a slave.

Deuteronomy 29:1

So Moses finished telling the Israelites what they had to do in order to keep the agreement the LORD was making with them in Moab, which was in addition to the one the LORD had made with them at Mount Sinai.

Deuteronomy 29:25

And they will be given this answer: Our ancestors worshipped the LORD, but after he brought them out of Egypt and made an agreement with them, they rejected the agreement