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Jeremiah 31

Jer. 31:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have surely
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
Ephraim
'Ephrayim (Hebrew #669)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Pronounce: ef-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of masculine form of 672
bemoaning
nuwd (Hebrew #5110)
to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
KJV usage: bemoan, flee, get, mourn, make to move, take pity, remove, shake, skip for joy, be sorry, vagabond, way, wandering.
Pronounce: nood
Origin: a primitive root
himself thus; Thouc hast chastised
yacar (Hebrew #3256)
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
KJV usage: bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
Pronounce: yaw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
me, and I was chastised
yacar (Hebrew #3256)
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
KJV usage: bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
Pronounce: yaw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
, as a bullock
`egel (Hebrew #5695)
a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
KJV usage: bullock, calf.
Pronounce: ay-ghel
Origin: from the same as 5696
d unaccustomed
lamad (Hebrew #3925)
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
KJV usage: (un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, - ing).
Pronounce: law-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
lo' (Hebrew #3808)
or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
KJV usage: X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
Pronounce: lo
Origin: or lowi {lo}
to the yoke: turn
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
thoue me, and I shall be turned
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
; for thou art the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
my God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Psa. 39:8‑9• 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish.
 9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for *thou* hast done it. (Psa. 39:8‑9)
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Hos. 10:11• 11And Ephraim is a trained heifer, that loveth to tread out the corn; I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to draw; Judah shall plough, Jacob shall break his clods. (Hos. 10:11)
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Psa. 80:3,7,19• 3O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
 7Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
 19Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. (Psa. 80:3,7,19)
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Lam. 5:21• 21Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. (Lam. 5:21)

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Bull; Bullock,
Ephraim,
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Yoke

Cross References

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Job 33:27‑28• 27He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;
 28He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light. (Job 33:27‑28)
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Psa. 102:19‑20• 19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth,
 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die; (Psa. 102:19‑20)
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Isa. 57:15‑18• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
 16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
 17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.
 18I have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn. (Isa. 57:15‑18)
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Hos. 5:15• 15I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. (Hos. 5:15)
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Hos. 6:1‑2• 1Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
 2After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face; (Hos. 6:1‑2)
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Luke 15:20• 20And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses. (Luke 15:20)
Ephraim.
Jer. 31:6,9• 6For there shall be a day, when the watchmen upon mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God.
 9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them; I will cause them to walk by water-brooks, in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I will be a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. (Jer. 31:6,9)
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Jer. 3:21‑22• 21A voice is heard upon the heights, the weeping supplications of the children of Israel; for they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.
 22--Return, backsliding children; I will heal your backslidings. … Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God. (Jer. 3:21‑22)
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Jer. 50:4‑5• 4In those days, and at that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping as they go, and shall seek Jehovah their God.
 5They shall inquire concerning Zion, with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to Jehovah, in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten. (Jer. 50:4‑5)
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Hos. 11:8‑9• 8How shall I give thee over, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee up, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
 9I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am *God, and not man,--the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not come in anger. (Hos. 11:8‑9)
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Hos. 14:4‑8• 4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
 5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
 6His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
 7They shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive as corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
 8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer him, and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree.--From me is thy fruit found. (Hos. 14:4‑8)
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Jer. 2:30• 30In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. (Jer. 2:30)
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Jer. 5:3• 3Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. (Jer. 5:3)
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Job 5:17• 17Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty. (Job 5:17)
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Psa. 39:8‑9• 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish.
 9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for *thou* hast done it. (Psa. 39:8‑9)
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Psa. 94:12• 12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law; (Psa. 94:12)
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Psa. 119:75• 75I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. (Psa. 119:75)
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Prov. 3:11• 11My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement; (Prov. 3:11)
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Isa. 1:5• 5Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (Isa. 1:5)
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Isa. 9:13• 13But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seek Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 9:13)
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Isa. 57:17• 17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart. (Isa. 57:17)
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Hos. 5:12‑13• 12And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
 13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore. (Hos. 5:12‑13)
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Zeph. 3:2• 2She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near her God. (Zeph. 3:2)
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Heb. 12:5• 5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him; (Heb. 12:5)
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Rev. 3:19• 19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent. (Rev. 3:19)
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Psa. 32:9• 9Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee. (Psa. 32:9)
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Prov. 26:3• 3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. (Prov. 26:3)
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Prov. 29:1• 1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy. (Prov. 29:1)
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Isa. 51:20• 20Thy children have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an oryx in a net: they are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God. (Isa. 51:20)
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Isa. 53:7• 7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, but he opened not his mouth; he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and was as a sheep dumb before her shearers, and he opened not his mouth. (Isa. 53:7)
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Lam. 3:27‑30• 27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:
 28He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;
 29he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
 30he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach. (Lam. 3:27‑30)
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Hos. 10:11• 11And Ephraim is a trained heifer, that loveth to tread out the corn; I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to draw; Judah shall plough, Jacob shall break his clods. (Hos. 10:11)
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Jer. 17:14• 14Heal me, Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. (Jer. 17:14)
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Psa. 80:3,7,19• 3O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
 7Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
 19Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. (Psa. 80:3,7,19)
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Psa. 85:4• 4Bring us back, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease. (Psa. 85:4)
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Lam. 5:21• 21Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. (Lam. 5:21)
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Mal. 4:6• 6And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. (Mal. 4:6)
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Luke 1:17• 17And *he* shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn hearts of fathers to children, and disobedient ones to the thoughts of just men, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people. (Luke 1:17)
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Acts 3:26• 26To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one of you from your wickedness. (Acts 3:26)
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Phil. 2:13• 13for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to his good pleasure. (Phil. 2:13)
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James 1:16‑18• 16Do not err, my beloved brethren.
 17Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.
 18According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures. (James 1:16‑18)
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Jer. 3:22,25• 22--Return, backsliding children; I will heal your backslidings. … Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
 25We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God. (Jer. 3:22,25)
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Isa. 63:16• 16For thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer, from everlasting, is thy name. (Isa. 63:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.