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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But finding fault with them, He saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 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." Yea, verily. And whence does it appear that the first Covenant came to an end? …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He did not say: finding fault with it, that is, the covenant, but "finding fault with them," that is, the Jews, who could not be perfected through the commandments of the law. Here he shows more clearly that the Old Testament has been abolished. For he introduces God, speaking through Jeremiah, that "I will make... a new covenant" (Jer. 31:31–34), that is, an entirely new one: not as the Jews understand it, that Ezra renewed the Scripture. For the Scripture did not become new, but remained ancient, even though it was restored by him.
Oecumenius
If he had nothing lacking, he says, if he made men without fault, how then was he so disturbed? "For finding fault with them." To whom? The Jews who received and were governed by the laws in the Old Testament. "Behold, the days are coming." "After having made the new covenant better than the old in many ways above, now clearly he also mocks the removal of the old, but he does not do this of his own accord, lest he become burdensome, and he brings forth Jeremiah saying, "in the day when I took them by the hand." (Jer. 31:32)
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Prophetic utterances are of three kinds: (1) some relating to the earthly Jerusalem; (2) some to the heavenly Jerusalem; (3) and some to both simultaneously. I think it proper to prove what I say by examples. The prophet Nathan was sent to convict King David of heinous sin and predict what future evils would happen to him because of his sin. Who can question that this pertains to the earthly city? …
Thomas Aquinas
394. – Then (v. 8) he proves the truth of the consequent, namely, that a place is sought for a testament; and this on the authority of Jeremiah (3:31): The days will come, says the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. In regard to this he does two things: first, he prefaces the authority; secondly, he argues from it. In regard to the first he does two things: first, he prefaces the prophecy about giving a new testament; secondly, he describes it (v. 9). …
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