Jer 31:18-22 | 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[Isa. 57:14; 62:10]

k ch. 50:4, 5

l[Isa. 57:14; 62:10]

m ch. 2:18, 23, 36

n ch. 49:4

Jeremiah 31:18-22

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.
21 ^j“Set up road markers for yourself;
make yourself guideposts;
^kconsider well the highway,
^lthe road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
return to these your cities.
22 ^mHow long will you waver,
ⁿO faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman encircles a man.”