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.
Are troubled
General references
Bible References
Is ephraim
Jeremiah 31:9
They departed from hence in heaviness, but with joy will I bring them hither again. I will lead them by the rivers of water in a straight way, where they shall not stumble: For I will be Israel's father, and Ephraim shall be my firstborn.
Jeremiah 3:19
"'I have showed also, how I took thee up being but a child, and gave thee a pleasant land for thine heritage; yea, and a goodly Host of the Heathen: and how I commanded thee, that thou shouldest call me Father only, and not to shrink from me.
Psalm 103:13
Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children, even so is the LORD merciful unto them that fear him.
Proverbs 3:12
For whom the LORD loveth, him he chasteneth: and yet delighteth in him even as a father in his own son.
Luke 15:24
for this my son was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is now found.' And they began to be merry.
Are troubled
Jeremiah 48:36
Wherefore my heart mourneth for Moab, like a crowd playing a heavy song: and for the men's sake of the brick wall my heart mourneth also, even as a pipe that pipeth a doleful song. For they shall be very few, and destroyed.
Isaiah 16:11
Wherefore my belly rumbled as it had been a lute for Moab's sake, and mine inward members for the brick wall's sake.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down then from heaven, and behold the dwelling place of thy Sanctuary and thy glory. How is it that thy jealousy, thy strength, the multitude of thy mercies and thy loving-kindness, will not be entreated of us?
I will
Isaiah 55:7
Let the ungodly man forsake his ways and the unrighteous his imaginations, and turn again unto the LORD: so shall he be merciful unto him; and to our God, for he is ready to forgive.
Isaiah 57:18
But if I may see his right way again, I make him whole, I lead him and restore him unto them whom he maketh joyful, and that were sorry for him.
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their obedience and will love them of mine own accord: for my wrath is ceased from them.
Micah 7:18
Where is there such a God as thou? That pardonest wickedness, and forgivest the offenses of the remnant of thine heritage? He keepeth not his wrath for ever. And why? His delight is to have compassion.
General references
Job 30:27
My bowels seeth within me, and take no rest, for the days of my trouble are come upon me.
Psalm 107:13
So they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distress.
Isaiah 1:19
If ye will agree and hearken, ye shall eat the best of the land, saith the LORD God.
Lamentations 3:32
But though he do cast off, yet according to the multitude of his mercies, he receiveth to grace again.
Luke 1:54
He remembereth mercy: and helpeth his servant Israel.
1 Corinthians 11:31
If we had truly judged ourselves, we should not have been judged.