Browse Bible Study Resources

Daily Devotions

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
Day 
Day 353

"My covenant which they broke"

Text: Jeremiah 31:32

COVENANTS OF GOD

There were a few covenants God gave to Israel. The following may be noted:

1. Abrahamic Covenant Genesis 15

2. Sinaitic Covenant Exodus 24

3. Davidic Covenant 2 Samuel 7; Psalm 89

4. Levitical Covenant Malachi 2

THE SINAITIC COVENANT

The LORD had the Sinaitic Covenant in focus in this text. The New Covenant would not be like the old covenant.

“Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt,
My covenant which they broke,
though I was a husband to them, says the LORD.”
Jeremiah 31:32

1. “Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt”

a) There is specific mention of this old covenant.

b) The following features may be noted:

i) Reference to the time when God led Israel out of Egypt.

ii) The “fathers” were the elders mentioned in Exodus 24.

2. “My covenant which they broke”

a) Israel broke the Covenant God had given.

b) The features of the Old Covenant would be the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20).

c) The first Four Laws that governed Israel’s regard for God was broken.

d) The last Six Laws that governed Israel’s social responsibilities were also broken;
every single one!

3. “Though I was a husband to them, says the LORD”

a) The LORD was like a husband to Israel.

b) His roles were wonderfully fulfilled:

i) Provision

ii) Protection

iii) Presence

c) God more than fulfilled everything that Israel could have wished for,
but the nation had forsaken the LORD!