Study it in the app“not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares YHWH.”
Jeremiah announces a new covenant, written on the heartFaithfulnessGod promises a new covenant and forgiveness for his peopleHope
notלֹאlike the covenantכַבְּרִיתthatאֲשֶׁרI madeכָּרַתִּיwith their fathersאֶת אֲבוֹתָםon the dayבְּיוֹםI took themהֶחֱזִיקִיby the handבְיָדָםto bring them outלְהוֹצִיאָםof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםmy covenantאֶת בְּרִיתִיthatאֲשֶׁרtheyהֵמָּהbroke,הֵפֵרוּthough Iוְאָנֹכִיwas their husband,בָּעַלְתִּי בָםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “karati” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsseize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hecheziki” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yada” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsia” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsannul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “heferu” appearsmarry
To take a wife, be her spouse.
Where else “baalti” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears“I was their husband”: the Hebrew verb (בעל) also means “to be lord” (cf. 3:14). Hebrews 8:9 quotes it as “and I disregarded them.”
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
31Look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant,
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33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares YHWH: I will put my instruction within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be to them Elohim, and they will be to me a people.
