Jeremiah 31:18 meaning and explanation
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.
Jeremiah 31:18, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD is speaking through Jeremiah to a people who have been scattered and devastated, and here he quotes Ephraim, the northern tribes, as a chastened child. The discipline they describe is the exile itself, and the calf image pictures an animal that must be broken to accept the yoke.
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