Jeremiah 31:18

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Summary

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

Surely

Ephraim

Hosea 14:4

Thou hast

As a

Hosea 10:11

General references

Bible References

Surely

He sings before men and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.

that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.

"Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Ephraim

For there shall be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim: 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.'"

A voice on the bare heights is heard, the weeping and pleading of Israel's sons because they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the LORD their God.

"In those days and in that time, declares the LORD, the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, weeping as they come, and they shall seek the LORD their God.

How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.

I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.

Thou hast

In vain have I struck your children; they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

O LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.

"Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.

Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool!

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law,

I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof,

Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

The people did not turn to him who struck them, nor inquire of the LORD of hosts.

Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid my face and was angry, but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.

But I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah.

She listens to no voice; she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she does not draw near to her God.

And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him.

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

As a

Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put Ephraim to the yoke; Judah must plow; Jacob must harrow for himself.

General references

"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;

Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

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

But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.