Jeremiah 31:32 (WEB)

Passage

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 Yahweh.

Nearby Context

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

Jeremiah 31:31 “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

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 covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them,” says Yahweh.

Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 31:34 They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "Behold the days come says Yahweh that..." into verse 33's "But this is the covenant that I...", so "covenant" and "fathers" 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 "covenant" and "fathers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.