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, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

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

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

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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 mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy 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 mine anger is turned away from him.

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

General references

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

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:

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

He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;

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