Jeremiah 31:18

I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

In Context

17And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah, and thy children shall come again to their own border.

19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon [my] thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.

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Cross References

Job 33:27He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

Psalms 32:9Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.

Psalms 80:3O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Psalms 80:19Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;

Psalms 119:75I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:11-18

Restoration of Israel; Promises to Israel. ( b. c. 594.) 10 Hear the word of the Lord , O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. 11 For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord , for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the… Read the whole commentary →

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