Jeremiah 31:32

in the day See on Jeremiah 7:22.

took them by the hand with fostering care, as of a father guiding the faltering steps of a young child. Cp. Hosea 11:1-4.

to bring them … Egypt omitted by Co., as well as the last three words of the v., so restoring the Ḳinah measure.

which my covenant they brake mg. forasmuch as they brake my covenant. The contrast between "they" and the "I" of the next clause is emphasized in the original.

although I was an husband unto them mg. lord over them. We should, however, changing one Heb. letter, read (supported by LXX and Syr.) and I abhorred them. Cp. "and I regarded them not" in Hebrews 8:9. Jehovah's rejection of them was a gradual process, culminating in the overthrow of the Northern and later of the Southern kingdom.