Jeremiah 31:32 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 31:32

It 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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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Not 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.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
כַבְּרִ֗ית	kha.be.Rit	like the covenant	H1285 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
כָּרַ֙תִּי֙	ka.Ra.ti	I made	H3772 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
אֲבוֹתָ֔ם	'a.vo.Tam	ancestors their	H1 →
בְּיוֹם֙	be.yOm	on [the] day	H3117 →
הֶחֱזִיקִ֣י	he.che.zi.Ki	took hold I	H2388 →
בְיָדָ֔ם	ve.ya.Dam	on hand their	H3027 →
לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם	le.ho.tzi.'Am	to bring out them	H3318 →
מֵאֶ֖רֶץ	me.'E.retz	from [the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרָ֑יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	who	H834 →
הֵ֜מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
הֵפֵ֣רוּ	he.Fe.ru	they broke	H6565 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּרִיתִ֗י	be.ri.Ti	covenant my	H1285 →
וְאָנֹכִ֛י	ve.'a.no.Khi	and I	H595 →
בָּעַ֥לְתִּי	ba.'Al.ti	I was a husband	H1166 →
בָ֖ם	vam	over <the> them
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 19:5
Now 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.
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…
Through
John 3:29
The 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.
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.
Through
Deuteronomy 1:31
and 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.”
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.

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