Theophylact of Ohrid, on Heb 8:8

“For finding fault with them, he saith: Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect unto the house of Israel, and unto the house of Juda, a new testament:”

“He did not say: finding fault with it, that is, the covenant, but "finding fault with them," that is, the Jews, who could not be perfected through the commandments of the law. Here he shows more clearly that the Old Testament has been abolished. For he introduces God, speaking through Jeremiah, that "I will make... a new covenant" (Jer. 31:31–34), that is, an entirely new one: not as the Jews understand it, that Ezra renewed the Scripture. For the Scripture did not become new, but remained ancient, even though it was restored by him.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.