Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, 'Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou [art] Jehovah my God.

Young's Literal Translation

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

17And there is hope for thy latter end, An affirmation of Jehovah, And the sons have turned back [to] their border.

19For after my turning back I repented, And after my being instructed I struck on the thigh, I have been ashamed, I have also blushed, For I have borne the reproach of my youth.

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Cross References

Job 33:27He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.

Psalms 32:9Be ye not as a horse — as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

Psalms 80:3O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

Psalms 80:19O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!

Psalms 94:12O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

Psalms 119:75I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast 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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