Jeremiah 31:20

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory. Where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? The yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

Psalm 103:13

Like as a father pities his sons, So LORD pities those who fear him.

Hosea 14:4

I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.

Judges 10:16

And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served LORD. And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Philippians 1:8

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in bowels of Jesus Christ.

Luke 15:24

because this my son was dead, and became alive again. And he was lost, and is found. And they began to be cheerful.

Jeremiah 48:36

Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.

Isaiah 16:11

Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir-heres.

Jeremiah 31:9

They shall come with weeping. And I will lead them with supplications. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said, How I will put thee among the sons, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! And I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.

Song of Solomon 5:4

My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], and my heart was moved for him.

Proverbs 3:12

For whom LORD loves he reproves, and he whips every son whom he receives (LXX/NT).

1 Kings 3:26

Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine.

Deuteronomy 32:36

For LORD will judge his people, and regrets for his servants, when he sees that [their] power is gone, and there is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.

Genesis 43:30

And Joseph made haste, for his heart yearned over his brother, and he sought where to weep. And he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

Luke 15:32

But it was needful to make merry and be glad, because this thy brother was dead, and became alive again, and was lost, and was found.

Jeremiah 3:12

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, says LORD, I will not look in anger upon you, for I am merciful, says LORD. I will not keep [anger] forever.

Jeremiah 33:26

then I will also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them, As I live, says lord LORD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, but that the wicked man turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways, for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Leviticus 26:44

And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them, for I am LORD their God,

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you. And therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you. For LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Lamentations 3:22

[It is of] LORD's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions do not fail.