Jeremiah 31:21

Erect thee waymarks Set thee up finger-posts, Apply thy heart to The highway—The road by which thou didst depart,—Return O virgin of Israel, Return unto these thy cities.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

20Was Ephraim, a very precious son to me? Was he a most delightful child? For as often as I have spoken against him, I have, remembered, him again! For this cause, have my affections been deeply moved for him, I must have, compassion, upon him, Declareth Yahweh.

22How long wilt thou turn hither and thither, O apostate daughter? For Yahweh hath created a new thing in the earth, A female defendeth, a strong man!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:46he said unto them—Apply your hearts unto all the words which I am witnessing against you, to-day,—how that ye must command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law;

2 Chronicles 11:16And, after them—out of all the tribes of Israel, such as were setting their heart to seek Yahweh God of Israel, came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto Yahweh, God of their fathers.

Psalms 62:10Do not trust in extortion, Nor, with robbery, become vain, As for wealth, when it beareth fruit, Do not set [thereon your] heart.

Proverbs 24:32So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked—I accepted correction:

Isaiah 52:11Away! away! come, forth from thence!—Nought unclean, may ye touch,—Come forth out of her midst, Purify yourselves, ye who are to carry the vessels of Yahweh;

Isaiah 62:10Pass ye through pass ye through the gates, Prepare ye the way of the people,—Cast ye up, cast ye up the highway, Clear it of stones, Lift ye high a standard unto the peoples.

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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