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Jeremiah 31:17-20
Revised Standard Version
Jeremiah 31:17-20
Revised Standard Version
17 There is hope for your future,
says the Lord,
and your children shall come back to their own country.
18 I have heard E′phraim bemoaning,
‘Thou hast chastened me, and I was chastened,
like an untrained calf;
bring me back that I may be restored,
for thou art the Lord my God.
19 For after I had turned away I repented;
and after I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh;
I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 Is E′phraim my dear son?
Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
says the Lord.
Jeremiah 31:17-20
New International Version
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.
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