Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: 'Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf untrained; turn thou me, and I shall be turned, for Thou art the LORD my God.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
17And there is hope for thy future, saith the LORD; and thy children shall return to their own border.
Cross References
Job 33:27He cometh before men, and saith: 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not.'
Psalms 32:9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, that they come not near unto thee.
Psalms 80:3(80-4) O God, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 80:19(80-20) O LORD God of hosts, restore us; cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 94:12Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and teachest out of Thy law;
Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that Thy judgments are righteous, 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 →