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 looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Ephraim

For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.

A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Thou hast

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

As a

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

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

And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

General references

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

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