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Jeremiah 31

Jer. 31:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They shall come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
with weeping
Bkiy (Hebrew #1065)
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
KJV usage: overflowing, X sore, (continual) weeping, wept.
Pronounce: bek-ee'
Origin: from 1058
w, and with λsupplications
tachanuwn (Hebrew #8469)
from 2603; earnest prayer
KJV usage: intreaty, supplication.
Pronounce: takh-an-oon'
Origin: or (feminine) tachanuwnah {takh-an-oo-naw'}
y will I lead
yabal (Hebrew #2986)
properly, to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp)
KJV usage: bring (forth), carry, lead (forth).
Pronounce: yaw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
them: I will cause them to walk
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
by the rivers
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
of waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
z in a straight
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
, wherein they shall not stumble
kashal (Hebrew #3782)
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
KJV usage: bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, X utterly, be weak.
Pronounce: kaw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
: for I am a father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
a to Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, and Ephraim
'Ephrayim (Hebrew #669)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Pronounce: ef-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of masculine form of 672
is my firstborn
bkowr (Hebrew #1060)
firstborn; hence, chief
KJV usage: eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
Pronounce: bek-ore'
Origin: from 1069
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Jer. 3:4• 4{i}Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?{/i} (Jer. 3:4)
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Jer. 50:4• 4In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go and seek Jehovah their God. (Jer. 50:4)
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Psa. 126:5‑6• 5Those that sow with tears{HR}Shall reap with joyful song.
6Surely (going) he goeth and weepeth, bearing a load of the seed;{HR}Surely (coming) he shall come with joyful song, bearing his sheaves.
(Psa. 126:5‑6)
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Hos. 12:4• 4Yea; he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; (Hos. 12:4)
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Zech. 12:10• 10And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications; and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. (Zech. 12:10)
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Dan. 9:17‑18• 17{i}And now, our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.{/i}
18{i}Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolations, and the city that is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee because of our righteousnesses, but because of thy manifold mercies.{/i}
(Dan. 9:17‑18)
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Matt. 5:4• 4Blessed they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. (Matt. 5:4)
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Luke 6:21• 21{i}Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.{/i} (Luke 6:21)
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Rom. 8:26• 26And likewise too the Spirit joineth help to our weakness; for what we should pray for as we ought we know not, but the Spirit itself pleadeth [for us] with unutterable groanings; (Rom. 8:26)
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2 Cor. 7:9‑11• 9Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved but that ye were grieved unto repentance, for ye were grieved according to God that in nothing ye might suffer damage from us.
10For grief according to God worketh repentance to salvation not to be regretted: but the grief of the world worketh out death.
11For, behold, this very thing that ye were grieved according to God, how much diligence it wrought out in you, nay self-clearing, nay indignation, nay fear, nay longing desire, nay zeal, nay avenging! In everything did ye prove yourselves to be pure in the matter.
(2 Cor. 7:9‑11)
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Heb. 5:7• 7who in the days of his flesh having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him that was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears, and having been heard because of his godly fear, (Heb. 5:7)
supplications.
or, favours.
I will.
Psa. 23:2• 2In pastures of tender grass he causeth me to lie down,{HR}He leadeth me by the waters of rest. (Psa. 23:2)
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Isa. 35:6‑8• 6Then shall the lame [man] leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
7And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, [shall be] grass with reeds and rushes.
8And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for these. They that go the way, even fools, shall not err [therein].
(Isa. 35:6‑8)
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Isa. 41:17‑19• 17The afflicted and the needy seek water, and [there is] none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I Jehovah will hear them, [I] the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry lands into water-springs.
19I will give in the wilderness the cedar, acacia, and myrtle, and oleaster; I will set in the desert the cypress, pine, and box-tree together;
(Isa. 41:17‑19)
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Isa. 43:16‑19• 16Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
17who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power—they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as flax—
18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth: shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.
(Isa. 43:16‑19)
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Isa. 49:9‑11• 9saying to the prisoners, Go forth, to them that [are] in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures [shall be] on all bare heights.
10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them.
11And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
(Isa. 49:9‑11)
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Rev. 7:17• 17For the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall tend them and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7:17)
in a.
for I.
Jer. 31:20• 20Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:20)
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Jer. 3:4,19• 4{i}Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?{/i}
19{i}And as for me, I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee the pleasant land, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following me.{/i}
(Jer. 3:4,19)
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Ex. 4:22• 22{i}And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah: Israel is my son, my firstborn.{/i} (Ex. 4:22)
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Deut. 32:6• 6{i}Do ye thus requite Jehovah,{HR}Foolish and unwise people?{HR}Is not he thy father that hath bought thee?{HR}Hath he not made thee and established thee?{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:6)
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1 Chron. 29:10• 10Wherefore David blessed Jehovah before all the congregation, and David said, Blessed be thou, Jehovah God of Israel our father, forever and ever. (1 Chron. 29:10)
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Isa. 63:16• 16For thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Jehovah, [art] our father; our Redeemer, from everlasting [is] thy name. (Isa. 63:16)
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Isa. 64:8• 8But, now O Jehovah, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand. (Isa. 64:8)
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Matt. 6:9• 9{i}Thus therefore pray ye : Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,{/i} (Matt. 6:9)
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2 Cor. 6:18• 18and will be to you for Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith [the] Lord Almighty. (2 Cor. 6:18)
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Heb. 12:23• 23and to an assembly of firstborns, enrolled in heavens; and to God judge of all; and to spirits of just ones made perfect; (Heb. 12:23)
Ephraim.

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.