Hebrews 8:12

ἵλεως ἔσομαι. Comp. Romans 11:27. The third promise of the New Covenant is the forgiveness of sins, with a fulness and reality which could not be achieved by the sacrifices of the Old Covenant (see Hebrews 2:15; Hebrews 9:9; Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 10:1-2; Hebrews 10:4; Hebrews 10:22). Under the Old Covenant there had been a deep feeling of the nullity of sacrifices in themselves, which led to an almost startling disparagement of the sacrificial system (1 Samuel 15:22; Psalms 40:6; Psalms 50:8-10; Psalms 51:16; Micah 6:6-7; Isaiah 1:11; Hosea 6:6; Amos 5:21-22, &c.).