Jeremiah 31:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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 yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.

Cross References

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, 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 pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

Hosea 14:4

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

Judges 10:16

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

Philippians 1:8

For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

Luke 15:24

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Jeremiah 48:36

Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

Isaiah 16:11

Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.

Jeremiah 31:9

They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said, How I will put thee among the children, 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 Jehovah loveth he reproveth, Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

1 Kings 3:26

Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.

Deuteronomy 32:36

For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth 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 meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Jeremiah 3:12

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep anger for ever.

Jeremiah 33:26

then will I 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 them.

Ezekiel 33:11

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked 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 Jehovah their God;

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.

Lamentations 3:22

It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.