Jeremiah 31:18

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the LORD my God.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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 your latter end,” says the LORD. “Your children will come again to their own territory.

19Surely after that I was turned. I repented. After that I was instructed. I struck my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

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Cross References

Job 33:27He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.

Psalms 32:9Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

Psalms 80:3Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Psalms 80:19Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,

Psalms 119:75LORD, I know that your judgements are righteous, that in faithfulness you have 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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