Jeremiah 31:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 31:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 31:20 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: theref..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 31:20 — KJV
“Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. are...: Heb. sound”
— Jeremiah 31:20 (KJV)
Jeremiah 31:20 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 31:20
“Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. yearned: Heb. were hot”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 31:20: son, child, spake
“Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. blood: Heb. bloods plat: or, portion”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 31:20: son, therefore, surely
“Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. committed...: Heb. trespassed a trespass”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 31:20: son, against, therefore
“And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. one...: Heb. a man against his brother but...: Heb. from destroying them”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 31:20: son, against, mercy
“Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; out...: Heb. out of the midst of Judah”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 31:20: child, against, therefore
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