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

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Bible References

Surely

Such a respect hath he unto men. Therefore let a man confess, and say, 'I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I did unrighteously nevertheless he hath not recompensed me thereafter.

For he looketh down from his sanctuary; out of the heaven doth the LORD behold the earth,

For thus sayeth the high and excellent, even he that dwelleth in everlastingness, whose name is the holy one: I dwell high above and in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite and humble spirit: that I may heal a troubled mind, and a contrite heart.

I will go, and return to my place, till they wax faint, and seek me.

In their adversity they shall seek me, and say, "Come, let us turn again to the LORD: for he hath smitten us, and he shall heal us;

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

Ephraim

And when it is time, the watchmen upon the mount of Ephraim shall cry, 'Arise, let us go up unto Zion to our LORD God.'"

And therefore the voice of the children of Israel was heard on every side, weeping and wailing: for they have defiled their way, and forgotten God their LORD.

In those days, and at that time, sayeth the LORD, the children of Israel shall come; they and the children of Judah, weeping and making haste, and shall seek the LORD their God.

What great things have I given thee, O Ephraim? How faithfully have I defended thee, O Israel? Have I dealt with thee as with Adam? Or have I entreated thee like Zeboim? No, my heart is otherwise minded. Yea, my mercy is to fervent:

I will heal their obedience and will love them of mine own accord: for my wrath is ceased from them.

Thou hast

It is but lost labour, that I smite your children, for they receive not my correction. Your own sword destroyeth your prophets, like a devouring lion.

Where as thou, O LORD, lookest only upon faith and truth. Thou hast scourged them, but they took no repentance: thou hast corrected them for amendment, but they refused thy correction. They made their faces harder than stone, and would not amend.

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

Deliver me from all mine offenses; and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish.

Blessed is the man, whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him in thy law,

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled.

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither faint when thou are rebuked of him.

Wherefore should ye be plagued any more? For ye are ever falling away. The whole head is sick, and the heart is very heavy.

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

I am wroth with him for his covetousness and lust, I smite him, I hide me, and am angry, when he turneth himself, and followeth the byway of his own heart.

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

which will not hear, nor be reformed. Her trust is not in the LORD, neither will she hold her to her God.

And ye have forgotten the consolation which speaketh unto you, as unto children, "My son despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him:

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be fervent therefore and repent.

As a

Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding, whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, if they will not obey thee.

Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the Ass a bridle, and a rod to the fool's back.

He that is stiff necked and will not be reformed, shall suddenly be destroyed without any help.

Thy sons lie comfortless at the head of every street like a taken venison, and are full of the terrible wrath of the LORD, and punishment of thy God.

He suffered wrong and was evil entreated, and yet opened not his mouth: he was as a sheep led to be slain: and as a lamb before his shearer, he was dumb and opened not his mouth.

O how good is it, for a man, to take the yoke upon him from his youth up?

Ephraim was unto me, as a cow that is used to go to plow; therefore I loved him, and fell upon his fair neck. I drove Ephraim, Judah plowed, and Jacob played the husbandman:

General references

"For so much as I have begun to talk of God, I will not hinder thee;

So they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distress.

If ye will agree and hearken, ye shall eat the best of the land, saith the LORD God.

If we had truly judged ourselves, we should not have been judged.