Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Ver. 9. The covenant that I made] He meaneth not here the covenant of grace made with Abraham, but circumcision, the legal ceremonies and services, that burden which neither they nor their fathers could bear.
When I took them by the hand] Teaching them to go, taking them by the arms, Hosea 11:3, keeping their feet, 1 Samuel 2:9, and leading them through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble, Isaiah 63:13 .
And I regarded them not] Heb. Although I was a husband unto them, q.d. Yet nevertheless they forsook the guide of their youth, and forgat the covenant of their God, Jeremiah 31:32; Proverbs 2:17. Therefore God regarded them not, or cared not for them, as the Greek hath it, ημελησα. "If you forsake him, he will forsake you,"2 Chronicles 15:2 .