Jeremiah 31:21

How long wilt thou dillydally, 1 O Bat HaShovevah (backsliding daughter)? 1 For Hashem barah chadashah ( Hashem hath created a new thing) on ha'aretz; 1 A nekevah (woman, female), + 31:21 i.e., Israel shall encircle a gever (man, male). + 31:21 i.e., G-d

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

In Context

20Set thee up tziyyunim (roadmarks, road signs), 1 make thee tamurim (guideposts); 1 set thine lev upon the highway, 1 even the derech thou art now walking; 1 turn back, O Betulat Yisroel, 1 turn back to these thy towns. 1

22Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Once again they shall use this saying in Eretz Yehudah and in the towns thereof, when I shall turn them back from their captivity; 1 Yevarechecha Adonoi, neveh tzedek, 1 har hakodesh (may Hashem bless thee, O Righteous Abode, O Har HaKodesh)!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:46And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the devarim which I testify among you today, which ye shall command your banim to be shomer to do, kol divrei hatorah hazot.

2 Chronicles 11:16And after them from all the Shivtei Yisroel such as set their hearts to seek Hashem Elohei Yisroel came to Yerushalayim, to sacrifice unto Hashem Elohei Avoteihem.

Psalms 62:10Truly Bnei Adam (those of low estate) are hevel (vanity), 1 and Bnei Ish (those who are highborn) are kazav (a lie); 1 they go up in the balances; 1 they are altogether lighter than hevel (vanity). 1

Proverbs 24:32Then I saw, and considered it well in my lev; 1 I looked upon it, and received musar. 1

Isaiah 52:11Depart ye, depart ye; come ye out from there; 1 touch not tameh (unclean thing); 1 come ye out of the midst of her; 1 be ye clean, that carry the k'lei Hashem. 1

Isaiah 62:10Pass through, pass through the She'arim; 1 prepare ye the Derech HaAm; 1 Build up, build up the mesilah (highway); 1 gather out the even (stones); 1 lift up a nes (banner) [visible] over HaAmim (the Nations). 1

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 →

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