Jeremiah 31:23
The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Yet again they will use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I reverse their captivity: ‘The LORD bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.’
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Psalms 28:9Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
Psalms 87:1His foundation is in the holy mountains.
Psalms 128:5May the LORD bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
Psalms 134:3May the LORD bless you from Zion, even he who made heaven and earth.
Isaiah 1:26I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’
Isaiah 32:16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain 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 →