The hope for a transformed heart was the basis of the new covenant of which Jeremiah spoke: But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, “Know the LORD,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. (31:33–34) Significantly, the passage combines the internalization of the Torah “upon their hearts” with knowing God.
