Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock is not accustomed to the yoke: turn you me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God.

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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

17And there is hope in yours end, says the LORD, that your children shall come again to their own border.

19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I stroke upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

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Cross References

Job 33:27He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

Psalms 32:9Be all of you not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto you.

Psalms 80:3Turn us again, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psalms 80:19Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;

Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness 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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