Jeremiah 31:20

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Summary

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.

Is ephraim

Are troubled

Jeremiah 48:36

Isaiah 16:11

Isaiah 63:15

I will

General references

Bible References

Is ephraim

They shall come with weeping. And I will lead them with supplications. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Like as a father pities his sons, So LORD pities those who fear him.

For whom LORD loves he reproves, {and he whips every son whom he receives (LXX/NT)}.

because this my son was dead, and became alive again. And he was lost, and is found. And they began to be cheerful.

Are troubled

Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.

Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir-heres.

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory. Where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? The yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

I will

Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.

Who is a God like to thee, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.

General references

My heart is troubled, and does not rest. Days of affliction have come upon me.

Then they cried to LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

If ye are willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.

For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

He helped his boy Israel to be reminded of mercy,

But if we were discerning ourselves we would not be judged.