Jeremiah 31:32

Covenant and promises Israel and the nations

³⁰ Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.

³¹ Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

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.

³³ “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

³⁴ No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
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:
WEB: 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 covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them,” says the LORD.
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.
DARBY: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of my taking them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.
BLB: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, in that they broke My covenant, and I was a husband to them, a declaration of YHWH.

ÅB: ikke som den pakt jeg opprettet med deres fedre på den dag da jeg tok dem ved hånden for å føre dem ut av Egypt, den pakt med meg som de brøt, enda jeg var deres ektemann, sier Herren;
OTB: "Den skal ikke ligne den pakten jeg gjorde med deres forfedre da jeg tok dem ved hånden for å lede dem ut av Egypt, fordi de brøt min pakt, selv om jeg var som en ektemann for dem," sier Herren.
B1930: ikke som den pakt jeg oprettet med deres fedre på den dag da jeg tok dem ved hånden for å føre dem ut av Egyptens land, den pakt med mig som de brøt, enda jeg var deres ektemann, sier Herren;

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 24:6–8
Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.
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Deuteronomy 5:3
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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Ezekiel 16:59–62
For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
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Jeremiah 11:7–10
For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
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Hosea 3:1
Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”
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