Jeremiah 31:18
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
אֶפְרַיִם
ʼEphrayim
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
נוּד
nûwd
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...
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יָסַר
yâçar
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
יָסַר
yâçar
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
פַּר
par
a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
עֹל
ʻôl
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
הָפַךְ
hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
נוּד nûwd
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
Study H5110 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →יָסַר yâçar
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
Study H3256 →יָסַר yâçar
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
Study H3256 →פַּר par
a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
Study H6499 →אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Study H669 →שׁוּב shûwb
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
Study H7725 →הָפַךְ hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Study H2015 →Cross References
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,...
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the L...
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder t...
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
And 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.
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD o...
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
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