KJV King James Version
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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Jeremiah 31:32
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 broke, although I was a husband to them, says Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Not like the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day of My laying hold on their hand, To bring them out of the land of Egypt, In that they made void My covenant, And I ruled over them—an affirmation of Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 31
29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
31 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:
32 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:
33 But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name:
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לֹ֣אH3808 · lonotכַבְּרִ֗יתH1285 · be.ritcovenantאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichכָּרַ֙תִּי֙H3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutאֶת־H854 · etwithאֲבוֹתָ֔םH1 · avfatherבְּיוֹם֙H3117 · yomdayהֶחֱזִיקִ֣יH2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenבְיָדָ֔םH3027 · yadhandלְהוֹצִיאָ֖םH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeמֵאֶ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichהֵ֜מָּהH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)הֵפֵ֣רוּH6565 · pa.rarto breakאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּרִיתִ֗יH1285 · be.ritcovenantוְאָנֹכִ֛יH595 · a.no.khiIבָּעַ֥לְתִּיH1166 · ba.alMarriedבָ֖םH9038 · hemthemנְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutteranceיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Exodus 24:6-8And Moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:Deuteronomy 1:31And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.Deuteronomy 5:3The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, [even] us, who [are] all of us here alive this day.John 3:29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.Ezekiel 16:8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time [was] the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.Jeremiah 11:7-10For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day [that] I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, [even] unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.Jeremiah 3:14Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:Hosea 3:1Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of [her] friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.Leviticus 26:15And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, [but] that ye break my covenant:Ezekiel 16:59-62For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.Psalm 73:23Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.Hosea 2:2Plead with your mother, plead: for she [is] not my wife, neither [am] I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;Isaiah 63:12-14That led [them] by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?Isaiah 41:13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.Jeremiah 22:9Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.1 Kings 8:9[There was] nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.Jeremiah 2:2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land [that was] not sown.
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