Jer 31:18, Lam 5:21 | Geneva | STEP | I have surely heard {u} Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a {x} bull unaccustomed [to the yoke]: {y} turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God. (u) That is, the people who were led captive. (x) Which was wanton and could not be subject to the yoke. (y) He shows how the faithful used to pray, that is, desire God to tame them as they cannot turn of themselves.

Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard {u} Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a {x} bull unaccustomed [to the yoke]: {y} turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.

(u) That is, the people who were led captive. (x) Which was wanton and could not be subject to the yoke. (y) He shows how the faithful used to pray, that is, desire God to tame them as they cannot turn of themselves.

Lamentations 5:21

{l} Turn thou us to thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

(l) By which is declared that it is not in man's power to turn to God, but is only his work to convert us, and thus God works in us before we can turn to him, Jer 31:18.