Jeremiah 31:23
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn their captivity: 'The LORD bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Psalms 28:9Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; and tend them, and carry them for ever.
Psalms 87:1A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
Psalms 128:5The LORD bless thee out of Zion; and see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life;
Psalms 134:3The LORD bless thee out of Zion; even He that made heaven and earth.
Isaiah 1:26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning; afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Isaiah 32:16Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:19-27
Ephraim's Repentance and Privilege; Encouragements to the Captives. ( b. c. 594.) 18 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. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant… Read the whole commentary →