Jeremiah 31:9 “They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead the…”

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

World English Bible

They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn.

American Standard Version

They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

Geneva Bible 1599

They shall come weeping, and with mercie will I bring them againe: I will lead them by the riuers of water in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first borne.

Darby Translation

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them; I will cause them to walk by water-brooks, in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I will be a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Young's Literal Translation

With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way — they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim — My first-born [is] he.

Bible in Basic English

They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.

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Cross references

“come”

Jeremiah 3:4 Jeremiah 50:4 Matthew 5:4 2 Corinthians 7:9–11 Zechariah 12:10 Luke 6:21

Jeremiah 3:4 · BSB

Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.

Jeremiah 50:4 · BSB

“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

Matthew 5:4 · BSB

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

2 Corinthians 7:9–11 · BSB

yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

Zechariah 12:10 · BSB

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 gr…

Luke 6:21 · BSB

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

“I will”

Psalm 23:2 Isaiah 35:6–8 Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 41:17–19 Isaiah 43:16–19 Isaiah 49:9–11

Psalm 23:2 · BSB

He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

Isaiah 35:6–8 · BSB

Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Revelation 7:17 · BSB

For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’ ”

Isaiah 41:17–19 · BSB

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Isaiah 43:16–19 · BSB

Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,

Isaiah 49:9–11 · BSB

to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

“in a”

Isaiah 63:13 Isaiah 57:14 Matthew 3:3 Luke 3:4–6 Hebrews 12:13 Isaiah 40:3

Isaiah 63:13 · BSB

who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?

Isaiah 57:14 · BSB

And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”

Matthew 3:3 · BSB

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Luke 3:4–6 · BSB

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

Hebrews 12:13 · BSB

Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Isaiah 40:3 · BSB

A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

“for I”

Exodus 4:22 Jeremiah 31:20 Jeremiah 3:19 Isaiah 64:8 Deuteronomy 32:6 1 Chronicles 29:10

Exodus 4:22 · BSB

Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

Jeremiah 31:20 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 3:19 · BSB

Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

Isaiah 64:8 · BSB

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

Deuteronomy 32:6 · BSB

Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

1 Chronicles 29:10 · BSB

Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

“Ephraim”

Ezekiel 34:12–14

Ezekiel 34:12–14 · BSB

As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

10Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

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