Jeremiah 31:21
19 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.
“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.
22 How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.”
23 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- “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.
- KJV
- Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
- WEB
- “Set up road signs. Make guideposts. Set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went. Turn again, virgin of Israel. Turn again to these your cities.
- ASV
- Set thee up waymarks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
- DARBY
- Set up waymarks, make for thyself signposts; set thy heart toward the highway, the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
- BLB
- “Set up for yourself signposts, make for yourself landmarks; set your heart toward the highway, the way you have traveled. Turn back, O virgin Israel, turn back to these cities of yours.
- ÅB
- Reis deg merkesteiner, sett deg veivisere, gi akt på den banede vei, den vei du gikk! Vend tilbake, du jomfru, Israel, vend tilbake til dine byer her!
- OTB
- "Sett opp veiskilt; sett opp veivisere. Rett ditt sinn mot hovedveien, veien du gikk. Vend tilbake, Israels jomfru, vend tilbake til dine byer."
- B1930
- Reis dig merkestener, sett dig veivisere, gi akt på den banede vei, den vei du gikk! Vend tilbake, du jomfru, Israel, vend tilbake til dine byer her!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 50:5
They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
Read in contextIsaiah 62:10
Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
Read in contextPsalms 84:5
Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:14
“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
Read in contextIsaiah 52:11–12
Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:50
You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”
Read in contextJeremiah 31:4
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
Read in contextHaggai 1:5
Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
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