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Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: “Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, Like a steer not broken. Turn thou me, and I shall be turned, For thou, O Jehovah, art 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

17There is hope for thy future days, saith Jehovah; Thy children shall come again to their border.

19Surely, after I returned, I repented, And after I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh; I was ashamed, yea, I was confounded, Because I bore the reproach of my youth.”

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Cross References

Job 33:27He shall sing among men, and say, “I sinned; I acted perversely; Yet hath he not requited me for it:

Psalms 32:9Be ye not like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding, Whose mouths must be pressed with the bridle and curb, Because they will not come near thee!

Psalms 80:3Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may be saved!

Psalms 80:19Bring us back, O LORD, God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine, that we may he saved!

Psalms 94:12Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;

Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD! that thy judgments are right, 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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