20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
(A)Therefore My [a]heart yearns for him;
(B)I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:20 Lit. inward parts

20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
    the child(A) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
    I still remember(B) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
    I have great compassion(C) for him,”
declares the Lord.

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32 Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.

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32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
    so great is his unfailing love.(A)

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Israel’s Future Blessing

25 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “When I have (A)gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am (B)hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

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25 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather(A) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,(B) I will be proved holy(C) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.(D)

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