Jeremiah 31:18
I have, heard, Ephraim bemoaning himself, Thou hast chastised me and I have been chastised, Like a bullock, not broken in, Suffer me to return that I may return, For thou, art Yahweh my God.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
17Yea there is hope for thy future Declareth Yahweh,—And thy sons shall return to their own boundary.
Cross References
Job 33:27He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not;
Psalms 32:9Do not ye become like a horse, like a mule, without discernment,—With the bit and bridle of his mouth, [hast thou] to restrain him,—He will not come near unto thee.
Psalms 80:3O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Psalms 80:19O Yahweh, God of hosts! bring us back, Light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Psalms 94:12How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
Psalms 119:75I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict 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 →