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Jeremiah 31:32 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Jeremiah 31:32 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 32 to related passages throughout the 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 brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: although: or, should I have continued an husband unto them?”
Jeremiah 31:32 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 31:32
This verse specifies how the new covenant differs from the old: it is 'not according to' the Mosaic covenant made at Sinai. God identifies the problem with the old covenant: 'which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them.' The issue was not God's unfaithfulness (He remained the faithful husband) but Israel's unfaithfulness (they broke the covenant). The Mosaic covenant could command but could not enable obedience; it revealed sin but could not remedy it.The marriage metaphor is profound. God entered a covenant relationship with Israel like a husband to a wife, yet they comm...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 31:32
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“and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.”
“where you have seen how that Yahweh your God bore you”
“but with us”
“if you will indeed obey my voice”
“who stands and hears him”
“Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”
“backsliding children”
“who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.”
“even to this day”
“and looked at you”