Jeremiah 31:20

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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.

Is ephraim

Luke 15:24

Are troubled

Jeremiah 48:36

Isaiah 16:11

Isaiah 63:15

I will

General references

Bible References

Is ephraim

With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

"'I said, How I would set you among my sons, and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beautiful of all nations. And I thought you would call me, My Father, and would not turn from following me.

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.

for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate.

Are troubled

Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-hareseth. Therefore the riches they gained have perished.

Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab, and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.

Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me.

I will

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

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

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

General references

My inward parts are in turmoil and never still; days of affliction come to meet me.

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, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;

He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,

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