Jeremiah 31:23
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Yet shall they say this thing in the land of Iudah, and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring againe their captiuitie, The Lord blesse thee, O habitation of iustice and holy mountaine.
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Psalms 28:9Saue thy people, and blesse thine inheritance: feede them also, and exalt them for euer.
Psalms 87:1A Psalme or song committed to the sonnes of Korah. God layde his foundations among the holy mountaines.
Psalms 128:5The Lord out of Zion shall blesse thee, and thou shalt see the wealth of Ierusalem all the dayes of thy life.
Psalms 134:3The Lord, that hath made heauen and earth, blesse thee out of Zion.
Isaiah 1:26And I will restore thy iudges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward shalt thou be called a citie of righteousnes, and a faithfull citie.
Isaiah 32:16And iudgement shall dwel in the desert, and iustice shall remaine in the fruitfull fielde.
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 →