Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Bible References

Is ephraim

Jeremiah 31:9
With weeping they will come,
And by supplication I will lead them;
I will make them walk by streams of waters,
On a straight path in which they will not stumble;
For I am a father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My firstborn.”
Jeremiah 3:19
“Then I said,
‘How I would set you among My sons
And give you a pleasant land,
The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father,
And not turn away from following Me.’
Psalm 103:13
Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
Proverbs 3:12
For whom the Lord loves He reproves,
Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.
Luke 15:24
for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

Are troubled

Jeremiah 48:36
“Therefore My heart wails for Moab like flutes; My heart also wails like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have lost the abundance it produced.
Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my heart intones like a harp for Moab
And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious habitation;
Where are Your zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.

I will

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 57:18
“I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;
I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners,
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy,
I will love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from them.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in unchanging love.

General references

Job 30:27
I am seething within and cannot relax;
Days of affliction confront me.
Psalm 107:13
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them out of their distresses.
Isaiah 1:19
If you consent and obey,
You will eat the best of the land;
Lamentations 3:32
For if He causes grief,
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness.
Luke 1:54
“He has given help to Israel His servant,
In remembrance of His mercy,
1 Corinthians 11:31
But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org