Jeremiah 31:18

Don't worry, I've heard Ephraim's groans, saying, “You disciplined me really hard as if I was a calf that hadn't been trained. Please bring me back, let me return, for you are the Lord my God.

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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

17So you can have hope for the future, declares the Lord. Your children will return to their own country.

19When I came back to you I was sorry, and once I understood, I held my head in sadness. I was ashamed and I blushed, embarrassed at what I'd done when I was young.”

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Cross References

Job 33:27They sing, and tell others, ‘I sinned, I distorted what is right, but it did not do me any good.

Psalms 32:9You mustn't be like a horse or a mule that doesn't know which way to go without a bit or a bridle. Otherwise they can't be controlled.”

Psalms 80:3God, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.

Psalms 80:19Lord God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.

Psalms 94:12Those you discipline are happy, Lord; those you teach from your Law.

Psalms 119:75Lord, I know that what you decide is right; you brought me down in order to help me because you are trustworthy.

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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