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Jeremiah 31:19

ShameRepentanceGuilt and conscienceYouth

17 So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.

After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

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.

21 “Set up the roadmarks, establish the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.

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BSB
After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
KJV
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
WEB
Surely after that I was turned. I repented. After that I was instructed. I struck my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
ASV
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
DARBY
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon [my] thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.
BLB
For after my turning back, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh; I was ashamed and also humiliated, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
ÅB
For etter at jeg har vendt meg bort fra deg, angrer jeg, og etter at jeg har fått forstand, slår jeg meg på lenden; jeg blues, ja, jeg skammer meg, for jeg bærer min ungdoms skam.
OTB
"Etter at jeg hadde faret vill, angret jeg; etter at jeg ble instruert, slo jeg meg på låret. Jeg var skamfull og ydmyket fordi jeg bar ungdommens vanære."
B1930
For efterat jeg har vendt mig bort fra dig, angrer jeg, og efterat jeg har fått forstand, slår jeg mig på lenden; jeg blues, ja, jeg skammer mig, for jeg bærer min ungdoms skam.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 3:25

    Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

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  • Ezekiel 36:31

    Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.

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  • Ezekiel 21:12

    Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.

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  • Luke 18:13

    But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

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  • Deuteronomy 30:2

    and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,

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  • Leviticus 26:41–42

    and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,

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  • Psalms 25:7

    Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

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  • Zechariah 12:10

    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

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