Jeremiah 31:20

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

Is Efrayim 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 on him, says the LORD.

Cross References

Genesis 43:30

Yosef hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.

1 Kings 3:26

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

Psalm 103:13

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

Proverbs 3:12

for whom the LORD loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Song of Solomon 5:4

My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.

Isaiah 16:11

Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Mo'av, and my inward parts for Kir-Heres.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Isaiah 55:7

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

Isaiah 63:15

Look 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.

Jeremiah 3:12

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Yisra'el, says the LORD; I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful, says the LORD, I will not keep [anger] forever.

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said, How I will put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations! and I said, You shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.

Jeremiah 31:9

They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: 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 Yisra'el, and Efrayim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 33:26

then will I also cast away the seed of Ya`akov, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya`akov: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.

Jeremiah 48:36

Therefore my heart sounds for Mo'av like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir-Heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.

Lamentations 3:22

[It is of] the LORD's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail.

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn you, turn you from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Yisra'el?

Hosea 14:4

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

Leviticus 26:44

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 the LORD their God;

Luke 15:24

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.

Luke 15:32

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'*

Deuteronomy 32:36

For the LORD will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that [their] power is gone, There is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.

Philippians 1:8

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

Judges 10:16

They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Yisra'el.