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. 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.

I wanted to treat you like children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful property among the nations. I thought you would call me Father and not turn away from me.

Jehovah has compassion for those who reverence him just as a father has compassion for his children.

For whom Jehovah loves He reproves, just like a father corrects the son he loves dearly. (Hebrews 12:6)

My son was dead. Now he is alive. He was lost. Now he has been found. The feasting began.'

Are troubled

My heart cries sadly for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song. It cries like a flute for the people from Kir Hareseth. The money they made has all been taken away.

That is why my heart mourns for Moab like a harp. I mourn for Kir Hareseth.

Look down and see from heaven, from your holy and beautiful dwelling. Where is your determination (zeal) and might? Where is the longing of your heart and your compassion? Do not hold back.

I will

Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to Jehovah, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

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

I will heal their apostasy! I will love them freely for my anger has turned away from them.

Who is a God like you who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? You do not keep your anger forever, because you delight in loving-kindness (unchanging love).

General references

I am seething within and cannot relax! Days of affliction confront me.

In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He saved them from their troubles.

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land.

For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.

He has helped Israel his servant that he might remember mercy.

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.