Jeremiah

Jeremiah 31:32

³²It 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,^g”

declares the LORD.

Footnotes

g 31:32 Hebrew; LXX for they did not abide in My covenant, and I disregarded them; see also Syriac.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
It will not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be like the covenant	כַבְּרִ֗ית	ḵab·bə·rîṯ	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
I made	כָּרַ֙תִּי֙	kā·rat·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3772 cut off, cut down
with	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Preposition	H854 with
their fathers	אֲבוֹתָ֔ם	’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1 father
when	בְּיוֹם֙	bə·yō·wm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
I took them	הֶחֱזִיקִ֣י	he·ḥĕ·zî·qî	Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
by the hand	בְיָדָ֔ם	ḇə·yā·ḏām	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3027 hand
to lead them	לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם	lə·hō·w·ṣî·’ām	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H3318 go or come out
out of the land	מֵאֶ֖רֶץ	mê·’e·reṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Egypt	מִצְרָ֑יִם	miṣ·rā·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
a covenant	בְּרִיתִ֗י	bə·rî·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H1285 covenant
they	הֵ֜מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
broke	הֵפֵ֣רוּ	hê·p̄ê·rū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H6565 break, frustrate
though I	וְאָנֹכִ֛י	wə·’ā·nō·ḵî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
was a husband	בָּעַ֥לְתִּי	bā·‘al·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1166 marry, rule over
to them	בָ֖ם	ḇām	Preposition; third person masculine plural
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Exodus 24:6–8 · Deuteronomy 1:31 · Exodus 19:5 · Deuteronomy 5:3 · John 3:29 · Jeremiah 11:7–10 · Jeremiah 3:14 · Hosea 3:1 · Ezekiel 16:8 · Ezekiel 16:59–62 · Leviticus 26:15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.