Jer 31:18-20, Lam 3:40, 5:21, Eze 18:30-32, Dan 9:13, Hos 14:2 | 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 Joel 2:12, 13

k Jer. 31:18; [Ps. 80:3, 7, 19]

l ch. 7:3, 8; 33:20; 36:19; [ch. 39:24]

m[ch. 14:6; Hos. 14:1]

n[Isa. 3:8]

p[ch. 20:7]

qSee ch. 11:19

r ch. 33:11

sSee ver. 23

t[See ver. 30 above]

u[See ver. 11 above]

v Hos. 7:10

w[ch. 5:15]

x Heb. 13:15; [Ps. 50:13, 14; 69:30, 31]

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.

Lamentations 3:40

40 Let us test and examine our ways,
^jand return to the Lord!

Lamentations 5:21

21 ^kRestore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored!
Renew our days as of old—

Ezekiel 18:30-32

30 “Therefore ^lI will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. ^mRepent and turn from all your transgressions, ⁿlest iniquity be your ruin. ^{▼▼Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block} 31 ^pCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and ^qmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ^rWhy will you die, O house of Israel? 32 ^sFor I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; ^tso turn, and live.”

Daniel 9:13

13 ^uAs it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, ^vturning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth.

Hosea 14:2

2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept ^wwhat is good,
and we will pay with bulls
^xthe vows ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit} of our lips.