Jeremiah 31:32
in Jeremiah 31It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
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ASV
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 a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.
KJV
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:
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This verse in Jeremiah 31
Commentary
3 notes on this verseNot according to the covenant that I made with their fathers,.... Meaning not Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; but the ancestors of the Jews that came out of Egypt, as appears by what follows.
This site's exposition
I will make a new covenant
on Jeremiah 31:31-34
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: the only place the Old Testament uses the phrase, and Hebrews 8:8-12 quotes the whole passage, the longest Old Testament quotation in the New, drawing at 8:13 the conclusion from the covenant's own word. The terms are inward, personal, and final: the law put in their inward parts and written in hearts, they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest, and I will remember their sin no more, forgiveness as the covenant's foundation rather than its maintenance. The Lord took its cup into his own hands, this cup is the new testament in my blood (Luke 22:20), which is the New Testament's own claim that the days foretold here began that night; the exposition states it as the claim the texts make.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Not according - The covenant which God made with the Jews when they came out of the land of Egypt, was on God's part the law which he gave them, with the promises annexed; on their part (which made it a formal covenant) their promise of obedience to it.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| כַבְּרִ֗ית | khaberit | like the covenant | H1285 → | 284 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| כָּרַ֙תִּי֙ | karati | I made | H3772 → | 288 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| אֲבוֹתָ֔ם | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בְּיוֹם֙ | beyom | on [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הֶחֱזִיקִ֣י | hecheziki | took hold I | H2388 → | 291 times |
| בְיָדָ֔ם | veyadam | on hand their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם | lehotziam | to bring out them | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מֵאֶ֖רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֵ֜מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| הֵפֵ֣רוּ | heferu | they broke | H6565 → | 50 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּרִיתִ֗י | beriti | covenant my | H1285 → | 284 times |
| וְאָנֹכִ֛י | veanokhi | and I | H595 → | 359 times |
| בָּעַ֥לְתִּי | baalti | I was a husband | H1166 → | |
| בָ֖ם | vam | over <the> them | ||
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
כַבְּרִ֗יתlike the covenant
khaberitH1285 →284 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
כָּרַ֙תִּי֙I made
karatiH3772 →288 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
אֲבוֹתָ֔םancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
בְּיוֹם֙on [the] day
beyomH3117 →2304 times
הֶחֱזִיקִ֣יtook hold I
hechezikiH2388 →291 times
בְיָדָ֔םon hand their
veyadamH3027 →1618 times
לְהוֹצִיאָ֖םto bring out them
lehotziamH3318 →1067 times
מֵאֶ֖רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הֵ֜מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
הֵפֵ֣רוּthey broke
heferuH6565 →50 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּרִיתִ֗יcovenant my
beritiH1285 →284 times
וְאָנֹכִ֛יand I
veanokhiH595 →359 times
בָּעַ֥לְתִּיI was a husband
baaltiH1166 →
בָ֖םover <the> them
vam
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 14:2
for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the…
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
- Deuteronomy 26:18
And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
- Malachi 3:17
“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
- Exodus 15:26
saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then…
- Deuteronomy 14:2
Through
John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
it leads to
- Isaiah 54:5
For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Hosea 2:19
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
- Isaiah 54:5
Through
Deuteronomy 1:31and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 46:3–4
“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
- Isaiah 46:3–4
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This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
