Jeremiah 31:32 (LSB)

Passage

not like the covenant which I cut with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, but I was a husband to them,” declares Yahweh.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 31:30 But everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.

Jeremiah 31:31 “Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will cut a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Jeremiah 31:32 not like the covenant which I cut with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, but I was a husband to them,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days,” declares Yahweh: “I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Jeremiah 31:34 And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares Yahweh, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "like", "covenant", "fathers", "took", "hand", "bring", "land", and "egypt". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "like" and "covenant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "Behold days are coming declares Yahweh when..." into verse 33's "But this is the covenant which I...", so "like" and "covenant" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "like" and "covenant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.