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

Luke 15:24

Are troubled

Jeremiah 48:36

Isaiah 16:11

Isaiah 63:15

I will

General references

Bible References

Is ephraim

With weeping they will come, and with pleas for mercy I will bring them; I will let them walk by streams of water in a straight path. They will not stumble in it, for I have become to Israel a father, and Ephraim, he [is] my firstborn."

Then I thought, 'How I would set you among the children, and I would give you a land of desire, an inheritance of [the] glory of [the] hosts of nations.' And I thought, 'You would call me, "My father," and you would not turn back from {behind} me.'

As a father pities [his] children, [so] Yahweh pities those who fear him.

because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.

Are troubled

{Therefore} my heart moans for Moab like the flute. It moans for the people of Kir-heres like the flute. {Therefore} [the] wealth they gained has perished.

Therefore my {heart moans} like harp for Moab and my inner parts for Kir-heres.

Look from heaven, and see from the lofty residence of your holiness and glory. Where [are] your zeal and strength? {Your compassion} and mercy to me hold themselves back.

I will

Let [the] wicked forsake his way, and [the] man of sin his thoughts. And let him return to Yahweh, that he may take pity on him, and to our God, for he will {forgive manifold}.

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; and I will lead him and give him and his mourners comfort as a recompense,

I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freely because my anger has turned back from them.

Who [is] a God like you, forgiving sin and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, for he delights in loyal love.

General references

My bowels are in turmoil, and they are not still; days of misery come to confront me.

Then they called to Yahweh for help in their trouble; he saved them from their distresses.

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

For even though he causes grief he has compassion according to the greatness of his royal love.

He has helped Israel his servant, remembering [his] mercy,

But if we were evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged.