Jeremiah 31:18

WEB

¹⁸“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.

KJV

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.

BSB

¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim’s ‘^[+] You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.

FBV

¹⁸Don't worry, I've heard Ephraim's groans, saying, “You disciplined me really hard as if I was a calf that hadn't been trained. Please bring me back, let me return, for you are the Lord my God.

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Extra References

Jeremiah 31:9

⁹They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn.

Psalms 80:3

³Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Jeremiah 3:21-22

²¹A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God. ²²Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.

Isaiah 9:13

¹³Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought the LORD of Armies.

Job 5:17

¹⁷“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

Lamentations 5:21

²¹Turn us to yourself, LORD, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.

Acts 3:26

²⁶^[+] God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

Lamentations 3:27-30

²⁷It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. ²⁸Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him. ²⁹Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope. ³⁰Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.

Hosea 5:15-2

Luke 15:20

²⁰“He arose and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him.