Jeremiah 31:20

Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

Cross References (21)

  • Isaiah 55:7 (8)

    Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have co

  • Micah 7:18–19 (7)

    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does

  • Lamentations 3:31–32 (6)

    For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

  • Judges 10:16 (6)

    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

  • Psalms 103:13 (6)

    As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

  • Isaiah 63:15 (6)

    Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and

  • Hosea 14:4 (5)

    I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

  • Luke 15:24 (5)

    For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

  • Isaiah 16:11 (4)

    Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.

  • Hosea 11:8–9 (4)

    How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I tr

  • Philippians 1:8 (4)

    God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

  • Jeremiah 48:36 (4)

    Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth t

  • Jeremiah 31:9 (3)

    They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters,

  • Isaiah 57:16–18 (3)

    For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the

  • Jeremiah 3:19 (3)

    Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the na

  • Deuteronomy 32:36 (2)

    For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and

  • Genesis 43:30 (2)

    Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.

  • Proverbs 3:12 (2)

    for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Song of Solomon 5:4 (2)

    My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.

  • 1 Kings 3:26 (2)

    Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,”

  • Luke 15:32 (1)

    But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and