Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the Lord my God.
Note That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 20
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.
“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the Lord my God.
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- surely
- Job 33:27, 28; Psalm 102:19, 20; Isaiah 57:15–18; Hosea 5:15; Hosea 6:1, 2; Luke 15:20
- Ephraim
- Jeremiah 31:6, 9; Jeremiah 3:21, 22; Jeremiah 50:4, 5; Hosea 11:8, 9; Hosea 14:4–8
- Thou hast
- Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 5:3; Job 5:17; Psalm 39:8, 9; Psalm 94:12; Psalm 119:75; Proverbs 3:11; Isaiah 1:5; Isaiah 9:13; Isaiah 57:17; Hosea 5:12, 13; Zephaniah 3:2; Hebrews 12:5; Revelation 3:19
- as a
- Psalm 32:9; Proverbs 26:3; Proverbs 29:1; Isaiah 51:20; Isaiah 53:7; Lamentations 3:27–30; Hosea 10:11
- turn
- Jeremiah 17:14; Psalm 80:3, 7, 19; Psalm 85:4; Lamentations 5:21; Malachi 4:6; Luke 1:17; Acts 3:26; Philippians 2:13; James 1:16–18
- for
- Jeremiah 3:22, 25; Isaiah 63:16