Jeremiah 31:21

You Israeli people, set up road signs; put up posts along the roads to mark the road on which you walked when you were taken from Jerusalem. My precious/beloved Israeli people, come back to your towns here.

Translation for Translators

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

20But I, Yahweh, say this: The Israeli people certainly are [RHQ] still my dear children [DOU]. It is often necessary for me to threaten to punish them, but I still love them. That is why I have not forgotten them, and I will certainly act mercifully toward them.

22You people who have been like [MET] daughters who have forsaken their parents, how long will you continue to wander away from me [RHQ]? I, Yahweh, will cause something to happen on the earth that ◄is new/has not happened before►: The women of Israel will be protecting their husbands as they travel back here!”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:46Moses/I said, “Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them.

2 Chronicles 11:16And people from every tribe in Israel who wanted to worship Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belonged, went with the descendants of Levi to Jerusalem to live there and to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped.

Psalms 62:10Do not trust in money gained by extorting it from others; do not try to gain anything by robbing others. If you become very wealthy, do not trust in [IDM] your money.

Proverbs 24:32When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:

Isaiah 52:11So, leave the places where you were taken to when you were captured, where everything is unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there and return to Jerusalem, and purify yourselves in order to be acceptable to worship God.

Isaiah 62:10Go out through the city gates! Prepare the highway on which people will return from other countries! Cause the road to become smooth; clear off all the stones; set up signal flags to help the people-groups to see where the road to Jerusalem is.

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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