Jeremiah 31:9

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Summary

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

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Bible References

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Have you not lately called to Me, “My Father.
You were my friend in my youth.

In those days and at that time—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
the Israelites and Judeans will come together,
weeping as they come,
and will seek the Lord their God.

Those who sow in tears
will reap with shouts of joy.

Jacob struggled with the Angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought His favor.
He found him at Bethel,
and there He spoke with him.

“Then I will pour out a spirit

of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at Me whom they pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for Him as one weeps for a firstborn.

Therefore, our God, hear the prayer and the petitions of Your servant. Show Your favor to Your desolate sanctuary for the Lord’s sake.

Those who mourn are blessed,

for they will be comforted.

You who are now hungry are blessed,
because you will be filled.
You who now weep are blessed,
because you will laugh.

In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us

with unspoken groanings.

Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God willed, so that you didn’t experience any loss from us.

During His earthly life, He offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

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A voice of one crying out:

Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness;
make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

He said,
“Build it up, build it up, prepare the way,
remove every obstacle from My people’s way.”

and led them through the depths
like a horse in the wilderness,
so that they did not stumble.

For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed instead.

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Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to Me,
a delightful child?
Whenever I speak against him,
I certainly still think about him.
Therefore, My inner being yearns for him;
I will truly have compassion on him.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Have you not lately called to Me, “My Father.
You were my friend in my youth.

Then you will say to Pharaoh: This is what Yahweh says: Israel is My firstborn son.

Is this how you repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t He your Father and Creator?
Didn’t He make you and sustain you?

Then David praised the Lord in the sight of all the assembly. David said,

May You be praised, Lord God of our father Israel, from eternity to eternity.

Yet You are our Father,
even though Abraham does not know us
and Israel doesn’t recognize us.
You, Yahweh, are our Father;
from ancient times,
Your name is our Redeemer.

Yet Lord, You are our Father;
we are the clay, and You are our potter;
we all are the work of Your hands.

“Therefore, you should pray like this:

Our Father in heaven,
Your name be honored as holy.

I will be a Father

to you,

and you will be sons

and daughters to Me,

says the Lord Almighty.

to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to God who is the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

General references

You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

“Therefore say: This is what the Lord God says: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

tell them: This is what the Lord God says: I am going to take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.

Those who mourn are blessed,

for they will be comforted.