Jeremiah 31:9 meaning and explanation
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.”
Jeremiah 31:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to a people who had seen the northern kingdom of Israel, called Ephraim here, carried off by Assyria and Judah threatened by Babylon. He pictures the exiles returning from the land of the north, and they come weeping, not triumphant.
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