“For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.”
"And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins." — The continuation from Isaiah 59:21 grounds Israel's salvation in the new covenant (diathēkē) with God's removal of sins. This echoes Jeremiah 31:31-34 and the Yom Kippur imagery—atonement is God's action, not Israel's achievement. The covenant is unconditional because it depends on divine forgiveness.
Church Fathers on Romans 11:27
“For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.” Not when they are circumcised, not when they sacrifice, not when they do the other deeds of the Law, but when they attain to the forgiveness of sins. If then this has been promised, but has never yet happened in their case, nor have they ever enjoyed the remission of sins by baptism, certainly it will come to pass. Hence he proceeds,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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