“Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
Jeremiah 31:18 - Revised Standard Version I have heard Ephraim 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. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have surely heard Ephraim [Israel] moaning thus: You have chastised me, and I was chastised, like a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; bring me back, that I may be restored, for You are the Lord my God. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible I hear, yes, I hear Ephraim lamenting: “You disciplined me, and I learned my lesson, even though I was as stubborn as a mule. Bring me back, let me return, because you are the LORD my God. Catholic Public Domain Version Listening, I heard Ephraim going into captivity: 'You have chastised me, and I was instructed, like a young untamed bull. Convert me, and I shall be converted. For you are the Lord my God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hearing, I heard Ephraim when he went into captivity. Thou hast chastised me: and I was instructed, as a young bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Convert me, and I shall be converted: for thou art the Lord my God. |
“Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
The Lord has chastened me sorely, but he has not given me over to death.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
My times are in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors!
Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not keep with you.
Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
Restore us, O God of hosts; let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away thy indignation toward us!
Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O Lord, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.
My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof,
Why will you still be smitten, that you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Your 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.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
For thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us; thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer from of old is thy name.
The people did not turn to him who smote them, nor seek the Lord of hosts.
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for thou art my praise.
In vain have I smitten your children, they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”
For there shall be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim: ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God.’ ”
With weeping they shall come, and with consolations I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
O Lord, do not thy eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, but they felt no anguish; thou hast consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
Restore us to thyself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old!
And there you shall remember your ways and all the doings with which you have polluted yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed.
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us, yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, turning from our iniquities and giving heed to thy truth.
Ephraim was a trained heifer that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put Ephraim to the yoke, Judah must plow, Jacob must harrow for himself.
Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?
I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress they seek me, saying,
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.
She listens to no voice, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God.
Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another; the Lord heeded and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and thought on his name.
And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse.”
“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the leader of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud,
and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness.”
for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons?— “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him.
Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent.