Jeremiah 31:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, `Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou <FI>art<Fi> Jehovah my God.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 31:18 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 5:17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
- Psalms 31:15My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
- Psalms 32:9Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
- Psalms 39:8Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
- Psalms 80:3Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- Psalms 80:7Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- Psalms 80:19Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
- Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- Psalms 102:19For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
- Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
- Proverbs 3:11My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
- Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
- Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
- Isaiah 9:13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 51:20Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
- Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- Isaiah 63:16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
- Jeremiah 2:30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- Jeremiah 3:21A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
- Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
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