Jeremiah 31:17-20
New International Version
17 So there is hope(A) for your descendants,”
declares the Lord.
“Your children(B) will return to their own land.
18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
‘You disciplined(C) me like an unruly calf,(D)
and I have been disciplined.
Restore(E) me, and I will return,
because you are the Lord my God.
19 After I strayed,(F)
I repented;
after I came to understand,
I beat(G) my breast.
I was ashamed(H) and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’(I)
20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
the child(J) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
I still remember(K) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I have great compassion(L) for him,”
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 31:17-20
King James Version
17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
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 child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
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