Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 31:20

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20. Is Ephraim my dear son? c.—The question implies that a negative answer was to be expected. Who would have thought that one so undutiful to His heavenly Father as Ephraim had been should still be regarded by God as a "pleasant child?" Certainly he was not so in respect to his sin. But by virtue of God's "everlasting love" ( :- ) on Ephraim's being "turned" to God, he was immediately welcomed as God's "dear son." This verse sets forth God's readiness to welcome the penitent ( Jeremiah 31:18 Jeremiah 31:19 ), anticipating his return with prevenient grace and love. Compare Jeremiah 31:19- : : "When he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion," c. spake against —threatened him for his idolatry. remember —with favor and concern, as in Genesis 8:1 Genesis 30:22 . bowels . . . troubled for him — ( Deuteronomy 32:36 ; Isaiah 63:15 ; Hosea 11:8 ) —namely, with the yearnings of compassionate love. The "bowels" include the region of the heart, the seat of the affections. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-21" class="com-number"

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