Hebrews 8:12

Hebrews 8:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
• New International Version (NIV)For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

Context of Hebrews 8:12

10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Adonai. I will put My Torah into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write it. And I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11And no more will they teach, each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know Adonai,’ because all will know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.” 13In saying “new,” He has treated the first as old; but what is being made old and aging is close to vanishing.

Hebrews 8:12 word by word

ὅτι ἵλεως ἔσομαι ταῖς ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ ἔτι.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• I will beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• mercifulἵλεωςhileōs · propitious/graciousG2436
• toὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• toἀδικίαadikia · unrighteousnessG93
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• iniquitiesἀνομίαanomia · lawlessnessG458
• will I rememberμιμνήσκωmimnēskō · to rememberG3403
• noοὐou · noG3756
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• moreἔτιeti · stillG2089

Cross-references for Hebrews 8:12

• Hebrews 10:16“This is the covenant that I will cut with them: ‘After those days,’ says Adonai, ‘I will put My Torah upon their hearts, and upon their minds I will write it,’” then He says,
• Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellion. According to Your mercy remember me, for the sake of Your goodness, Adonai.
• Psalms 65:3O You who hear prayer, to You all flesh will come.
• Isaiah 43:25I, I am the One who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.
• Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a thick cloud and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
• Jeremiah 33:8I will also cleanse them from all their iniquity in which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their wrongs in which they have sinned against Me and in which they have rebelled against Me.
• Jeremiah 50:20In those days and in that time” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “Israel’s guilt will be sought, but there will be none, also for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found. For I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
• Micah 7:19He will again have compassion on us. He will subdue our iniquities, and You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
• Acts 13:38“Therefore, let it be known to you, brothers, that through this One is proclaimed to you the removal of sins, including all those from which you could not be set right by the Torah of Moses.
• Romans 11:27And this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”
• Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood—the removal of trespasses—in keeping with the richness of His grace
• Colossians 1:14In Him we have redemption—the release of sins.
• 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of His Son Yeshua purifies us from all sin.
• 1 John 2:1My children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Intercessor with the Father—the righteous Messiah Yeshua.
• Revelation 1:5and from Messiah Yeshua, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood

Commentaries on Hebrews 8:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I will be merciful to their unrighteousness - In order to be their God, as mentioned under the preceding verse, it is requisite that their iniquity should be pardoned; this is provided for by the immolation of Jesus Christ as the covenant sacrifice. By his blood, redemption has been purchased, and all who with penitent hearts believe on the Lord Jesus receive remission of sins, and God remembers their iniquities no more against them so as to punish them…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness … - That is, the blessing of “pardon” will be much more richly enjoyed under the new dispensation than it was under the old. This is the “fourth” circumstance adduced in which the new covenant will surpass the old. That was comparatively severe in its inflictions (see Hebrews 10:28); marked every offence with strictness, and employed the language of mercy much less frequently than that of justice. It was a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 The superior excellence of the priesthood of Christ, above that of Aaron, is shown from that covenant of grace, of which Christ was 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 that 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12A key feature of the new covenant is that God will forgive their wickedness and never again remember their sins. The sacrifice of Jesus fully cleanses his people from sin (Hebrews 9:13–15; 10:14–18, 22; 1 John 1:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. For, &c.--the third of "the better promises" (He 8:6). The forgiveness of sins is, and will be, the root of this new state of inward grace and knowledge of the Lord. Sin being abolished, sinners obtain grace. I will be merciful--Greek, "propitious"; the Hebrew, "salach," is always used of God only in relation to men. and their iniquities--not found in Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, and one oldest Greek manuscript; but most oldest manuscripts have the words…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Hebrews 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings