Jer 31:18-20, Hos 11:8-9, Luk 15:20 | ESV | STEP | I have heard Ephraim grieving , You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined , like an untrained calf ; bring me back that I may be restored , for you are the Lord my God .

f[See ver. 18 above]

g[Prov. 8:30]

h Song 5:4; Isa. 16:11

j[Gen. 19:24, 25; Jer. 49:18; 50:40; Amos 4:11; Jude 7]

k Gen. 14:8; Deut. 29:23

l Gen. 14:8; Deut. 29:23

m[Deut. 32:36]

nSee Num. 23:19

oSee Isa. 12:6

q[James 4:8]

r Gen. 33:4; Acts 20:37

s 2 Sam. 14:33

Jeremiah 31:18-20

18 I have heard ^aEphraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
^bbring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after ^cI had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, ^dI struck my thigh;
^eI was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 ^fIs Ephraim my dear son?
^gIs he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
^hTherefore my heart ^{▼▼Hebrew bowels} yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,

declares the Lord.

Hosea 11:8-9

8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
^jHow can I make you ^klike Admah?
How can I treat you ^llike Zeboiim?
^mMy heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
9 I will not execute my burning anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
ⁿfor I am God and not a man,
^othe Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath. ^{▼▼Or into the city}

Luke 15:20

20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ^qran and ^rembraced him and ^skissed him.