Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, 'Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou art Jehovah my God.This verse in the real world
In what words
- נוּדnûwdto nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head
- עֵגֶלʻêgela (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
- יָסַרyâçarto chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
- לֹאlôʼnot (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- לָמַדlâmadproperly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
- אֶפְרַיִםʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- שׁוּבshûwbto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively,
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 31:9, Psa 80:3, Job 5:17, Jer 3:21–22, Isa 9:13, Jer 17:14, Lam 3:27–30, Hos 5:15–6:2