Jeremiah 31:15-22
English Standard Version
15 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“A voice is heard in (B)Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
(C)Rachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
(D)because they are no more.”
16 Thus says the Lord:
“Keep your voice from weeping,
and your eyes from tears,
for there is a reward for your work,
declares the Lord,
and (E)they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
17 (F)There is hope for your future,
declares the Lord,
and your children shall come back to their own country.
18 I have heard (G)Ephraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
(H)bring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after (I)I had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, (J)I struck my thigh;
(K)I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 (L)Is Ephraim my dear son?
(M)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
(N)Therefore my heart[a] yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.
21 (O)“Set up road markers for yourself;
make yourself guideposts;
(P)consider well the highway,
(Q)the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
return to these your cities.
22 (R)How long will you waver,
(S)O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman encircles a man.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels
Jeremiah 31:15-22
New International Version
15 This is what the Lord says:
“A voice is heard in Ramah,(A)
mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,(B)
because they are no more.”(C)
16 This is what the Lord says:
“Restrain your voice from weeping
and your eyes from tears,(D)
for your work will be rewarded,(E)”
declares the Lord.
“They will return(F) from the land of the enemy.
17 So there is hope(G) for your descendants,”
declares the Lord.
“Your children(H) will return to their own land.
18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
‘You disciplined(I) me like an unruly calf,(J)
and I have been disciplined.
Restore(K) me, and I will return,
because you are the Lord my God.
19 After I strayed,(L)
I repented;
after I came to understand,
I beat(M) my breast.
I was ashamed(N) and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’(O)
20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
the child(P) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
I still remember(Q) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I have great compassion(R) for him,”
declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:22 Or will protect
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