31. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32. Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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Thank you all for the beautiful song you all sang in this thread.
Shalom
Your verse selection is a good example how an observation about literal letters (that the word tamid -"always" - is within the heart) has already been put forth in the plain text.
If you run through the etymological trail, you can see that Strong's concordance says that tamid is from "an unused root meaning to stretch." It's interlinked with the root to measure, to stretch out a measuring line so to speak. Continuity, perpetuity, and so forth. But since tamid is literally a word contained inside the heart, the text also plays out in a message for children via the Grinch who stole Christmas. Heart strings, they were tugged. Stretched out. His heart grew three sizes that day, busting right out of the measuring tool. It's a famous movie, regardless of anyone's particular religion.
Instead of becoming more complicated, the message ends up revealed at the level a little child could understand. How simple? That people should be... kinder:
Matthew 18
1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted [to turn, turn around - the essense of teshuvah], and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
People should become kinder. It's the simple meaning, which is a mark of truth. Kingdom kingdom kingdom, over and over, just like in the Megillah.
Like God wouldn't know that the English-speaking world of many Bible translations would call little children "kinder" (as in Yiddish, not just straight from German), and then use it in the name of the place 5-year-olds go to learn? A garden, no less.
It's not the type of understanding that is obtained by a theology degree.
Scrolls. There's also Ruth, the story about a woman who is known as the quintessential *convert* because
Ruth 1.16. And Ruth said, Do not entreat me to leave you, or to keep from following you; for wherever you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God:
tRUTH. Everywhere anyone sees truth, there's Ruth sitting in plain sight. No wonder she's the woman (mother, matriarch) linked closely to King David. David's great-grandmother - mother - is Ruth. The book is about establishing the genealogy of David, and by extention the Messiah. Details are important. They reveal how shockingly simple it all is.
"Kinder". Children. It all depends on the mother. Yet another simple meaning involving the very definition of a Jew. The quintessential mother of Israel is the Matriarch Rachel, known for her great mercy. As taught in the midrash, it was her kindness to her sister that brought the end of the exile. She risked not having her own children, but then look at the actual result, the fruit of her taking the long view.