Jeremiah 31:20

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.

Is ephraim

Luke 15:24

Are troubled

Jeremiah 48:36

Isaiah 16:11

Isaiah 63:15

I will

General references

Bible References

Is ephraim

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

But I said, How shall I put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, You shall call me, My father; and shall not turn away from me.

Like as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities them that fear him.

For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even 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 be merry.

Are troubled

Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he has gotten have perished.

Therefore my heart shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inner being for Kirheres.

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where is your zeal and your strength, the yearning of your heart and of your mercies toward me? are they restrained?

I will

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

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

Who is a God like unto you, who pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.

General references

My heart is in turmoil, and rests not: the days of affliction confront me.

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

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

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

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

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