Jeremiah 31:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The people of Israel moan and say to me, “We were like wild bulls, but you, LORD, broke us, and we learnt to obey. You are our God— please let us come home.

Cross References

Job 5:17

Consider yourself fortunate if God All-Powerful chooses to correct you.

Psalm 118:18

He punished me terribly, but he did not let death lay its hands on me.

Psalm 119:67

Once you corrected me for not obeying you, but now I obey.

Psalm 119:75

Your decisions are correct, and you were right to punish me.

Psalm 31:15

My life is in your hands. Save me from enemies who hunt me down.

Psalm 32:9

Don't be stupid like horses and mules that must be led with ropes to make them obey.”

Psalm 80:19

LORD God All-Powerful, make us strong again! Smile on us and save us.

Psalm 80:3

Our God, make us strong again! Smile on us and save us.

Psalm 80:7

But if you smile on us, we will be saved.

Psalm 85:4

Our LORD and our God, you save us! Please bring us back home and don't be angry.

Psalm 94:12

Our LORD, you bless everyone whom you instruct and teach by using your Law.

Proverbs 26:3

Horses and donkeys must be beaten and bridled— and so must fools.

Proverbs 29:1

If you keep being stubborn after many warnings, you will suddenly discover you have gone too far.

Proverbs 3:11

My child, don't turn away or become bitter when the LORD corrects you.

Isaiah 1:5

Why be punished more? Why not give up your sin? Your head is badly bruised, and you are weak all over.

Isaiah 51:20

The LORD your God is angry, and on every street corner your children lie helpless, like deer trapped in nets.

Isaiah 53:7

He was painfully abused, but he did not complain. He was silent like a lamb being led to the butcher, as quiet as a sheep having its wool cut off.

Isaiah 63:16

Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob have both rejected us. But you are still our Father; you have been our protector since ancient times.

Isaiah 9:13

The people of Israel still did not turn back to the LORD All-Powerful and worship him.

Jeremiah 17:14

You, LORD, are the one I praise. So heal me and rescue me! Then I will be completely well and perfectly safe.

Jeremiah 2:30

I tried punishing you, but you refused to come back to me, and like fierce lions you killed my prophets.

Jeremiah 3:25

We have rebelled against you just like our ancestors, and we are ashamed of our sins.”

Jeremiah 31:6

Some day those who guard the hill country of Ephraim will shout, “Let's go to Zion and worship the LORD our God.”

Jeremiah 31:9

They will weep and pray as I bring them home. I will lead them to streams of water. They will walk on a level road and not stumble. I am a father to Israel, my favourite children.

Jeremiah 5:3

I answered, “I know that you look for truth. You punished your people for their lies, but in spite of the pain, they became more stubborn and refused to turn back to you.”

Lamentations 5:21

Bring us back to you! Give us a fresh start.

Ezekiel 20:43

Then you will remember your wicked sins, and you will hate yourselves for doing such horrible things. They have made you unacceptable to me,

Daniel 9:13

We have not escaped any of the terrible curses written by Moses, and yet we have refused to beg you for mercy and to remind ourselves of how faithful you have always been.

Hosea 10:11

Once you were obedient like a calf that loved to thresh grain. But I will put a harness on your powerful neck; you and Judah must plough and cultivate the ground.

Hosea 4:16

You are nothing more than a stubborn cow— so stubborn that I, the LORD, cannot feed you like lambs in an open pasture.

Hosea 5:15

Then I'll return to my temple until they confess their guilt and worship me, until they are desperate and beg for my help.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw that the people had stopped doing evil things, he had pity and did not destroy them as he had planned.

Zephaniah 3:2

For ever rebellious and rejecting correction, Jerusalem refuses to trust or obey the LORD God.

Malachi 3:16

All those who truly respected the LORD and honoured his name started discussing these things, and when God saw what was happening, he had their names written as a reminder in his book.

Malachi 4:6

He will lead children and parents to love each other more, so that when I come, I won't bring doom to the land.

Numbers 2:18

Ephraim and the tribes that march with it must set up camp on the west side of the sacred tent, under their own banner. The 40,500 troops of the tribe of Ephraim will be arranged by divisions and led by Elishama son of Ammihud.

Luke 1:17

He will go ahead of the Lord with the same power and spirit that Elijah had. And because of John, parents will be more thoughtful of their children. And people who now disobey God will begin to think as they ought to. That is how John will get people ready for the Lord.

Luke 15:20

The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.

Acts 3:26

God sent his chosen Son to you first, because God wanted to bless you and make each one of you turn away from your sins.

Philippians 2:13

God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.

Hebrews 12:5

But you have forgotten that the Scriptures say to God's children, “When the Lord punishes you, don't make light of it, and when he corrects you, don't be discouraged.

Revelation 3:19

I correct and punish everyone I love. So make up your minds to turn away from your sins.