Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him," declares the LORD. Cross References Genesis 43:30 Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep. Judges 10:16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel. 1 Kings 3:26 Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. "Please, my lord," she said, "give her the living baby. Do not kill him!" But the other woman said, "He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!" Song of Solomon 5:4 My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him. Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. Isaiah 57:18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained. Jeremiah 3:12 Go, proclaim this message toward the north: 'Return, O faithless Israel,' declares the LORD. 'I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,' declares the LORD. 'I will not be angry forever. Jeremiah 33:26 then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them." Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them: 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?' Hosea 11:8 How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred! Hosea 14:4 I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them. Micah 7:18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance--who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? Treasury of Scripture Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy on him, said the LORD. Is Ephraim. Jeremiah 32:9 Jeremiah 3:19 Psalm 103:13 for. Deuteronomy 32:36 Judges 10:16 Isaiah 57:16-18 my bowels. Genesis 43:30 1 Kings 3:26 Song of Solomon 5:4 are troubled. Jeremiah 48:36 Isaiah 16:11 Isaiah 63:15 I will. Isaiah 55:7 Isaiah 57:18 Hosea 14:4 |