18 “I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself:
‘You have achastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained bull;
bRestore me, and I will return,
For You are the Lord my God.
‘You have achastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained bull;
bRestore me, and I will return,
For You are the Lord my God.
19 Surely, aafter my turning, I repented;
And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh;
I was bashamed, yes, even humiliated,
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh;
I was bashamed, yes, even humiliated,
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
aTherefore My1 heart yearns for him;
bI will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
aTherefore My1 heart yearns for him;
bI will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
21 “Set up signposts,
Make landmarks;
aSet your heart toward the highway,
The way in which you went.
1Turn back, O virgin of Israel,
Turn back to these your cities.
Make landmarks;
aSet your heart toward the highway,
The way in which you went.
1Turn back, O virgin of Israel,
Turn back to these your cities.
22 How long will you agad about,
O you bbacksliding daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman shall encompass a man.”
O you bbacksliding daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman shall encompass a man.”
Future Prosperity of Judah
23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “They shall again use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I bring back their captivity: a‘The Lord bless you, O home of justice, and bmountain of holiness!’
24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and ain all its cities together, farmers and those going out with flocks.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Other entries containing Jeremiah 31:20:
Jeremiah 30:2
Jeremiah 30:2
Matthew 13:44
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