Jeremiah 31:20

WEB

²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says the LORD.

KJV

²⁰Is 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.

BSB

²⁰Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him;^[+] I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

FBV

²⁰But isn't Ephraim still my precious son, my lovely child? Even though I often have to scold him, I can't forget him. So I'm torn inside with longing, wanting to show how much I care about him! declares the Lord.

Extra References

Isaiah 55:7

⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Micah 7:18-19

¹⁸Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. ¹⁹He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Isaiah 63:15

¹⁵Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.

Judges 10:16

¹⁶They put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Psalms 103:13

¹³Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

Lamentations 3:31-32

³¹For the Lord will not cast off forever. ³²For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

Hosea 14:4

⁴“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

Luke 15:24

²⁴for this, my son, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

Hosea 11:8-9

⁸“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused. ⁹I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man—the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath.

Isaiah 16:11

¹¹Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.