Jeremiah 31:23
(31:22) Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they say this word in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I will bring back again their captivity,—May the Lord bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O holy mountain.
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Psalms 28:9Help thy people, and bless thy heritage: and feed them, and exalt them unto all eternity.
Psalms 87:1“By the sons of Korach; a psalm or song.” It is founded by him on holy mountains.
Psalms 128:5May the Lord bless thee out of Zion: and see thou the happiness of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Psalms 134:3May the Lord bless thee out of Zion, he that is the maker of heaven and earth.
Isaiah 1:26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning; after that shalt thou be called, The city of righteousness, the town that is faithful.
Isaiah 32:16Then shall justice dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness 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 →