Jeremiah 31:23
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Still they say this word in the land of Judah, And in its cities, In My turning back [to] their captivity, Jehovah doth bless thee, habitation of righteousness, Mountain of holiness.
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Psalms 28:9Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!
Psalms 87:1By sons of Korah. — A Psalm, a song. His foundation [is] in holy mountains.
Psalms 128:5Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, Look, then, on the good of Jerusalem, All the days of thy life,
Psalms 134:3Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, The maker of the heavens and earth!
Isaiah 1:26And I give back thy judges as at the first, And thy counsellors as in the beginning, After this thou art called, 'A city of righteousness — a faithful city.'
Isaiah 32:16And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.
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 →