Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Bible References

Is ephraim

Jeremiah 31:9
They will come weeping,
but I will bring them back with consolation.
I will lead them to wadis filled with water
by a smooth way where they will not stumble,
for I am Israel’s Father,
and Ephraim is My firstborn.
Jeremiah 3:19
I thought: How I long to make you My sons
and give you a desirable land,
the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations.
I thought: You will call Me, my Father,
and never turn away from Me.
Psalm 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
Proverbs 3:12
for the Lord disciplines the one He loves,
just as a father, the son he delights in.
Luke 15:24
because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

Are troubled

Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore, My heart moans like flutes for Moab, and My heart moans like flutes for the people of Kir-heres. And therefore, the wealth he has gained has perished.
Isaiah 16:11
Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab,
as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven and see
from Your lofty home—holy and beautiful.
Where is Your zeal and Your might?
Your yearning and Your compassion
are withheld from me.

I will

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord,
so He may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for He will freely forgive.
Isaiah 57:18
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;
I will lead him and restore comfort
to him and his mourners,
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy;
I will freely love them,
for My anger will have turned from him.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You,
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.

General references

Job 30:27
I am churning within and cannot rest;
days of suffering confront me.
Psalm 107:13
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.
Isaiah 1:19
If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the good things of the land.
Lamentations 3:32
Even if He causes suffering,
He will show compassion
according to His abundant, faithful love.
Luke 1:54
He has helped His servant Israel,
mindful of His mercy,
1 Corinthians 11:31
If we were properly evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged,

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