 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...to the Yoke : TURN thou me, and I fhall BE TURNED ; for thon art the LORD my GOD. 19. Surely after that I was TURNED, I REPENTED; and after that I was INSTRUCTED, I SMOTE upon my Thigh: I wasifoamed, yea, even confounded, becaufe I did bear the Reproach of my YouthLinen, iii. 40. Let us... | |
 | Nehemiah Walter - 1755 - 550 pages
...I VMS turned, I repented ; and after that 7 imt tnftrufted, I f mote upon my thigh : I was afhamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my dear Jon ? is he a pleafant child ? for fence Ifpake againft him, I de earnejtly remember him ftiil : therefore... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...unaccustomed to the yoke ; turn tliou me, and -I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was...confounded; because I did bear the reproach of my youth." This is the language of God's compassion, ver. 20. — " Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 pages
...is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me." Jer. xxxi. 19, " Surely after that I was turned, I repented, and after that I was...confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth." And chap. iii. 25, " We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us ; for \VC have sinned... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 pages
...affectionate words ; attend to them, O thou returning sinner, for thy comfort in this hour of distress ! Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child? for...still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him, and / will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord^. 5. I would advise you farther, that you " immediately... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...affectionate words ; attend to them, O thou returning sinner, for thy comfort in this hour of distress ! Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ?...still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him, and / will surely have •mercy upon him, saith the Lord\. 5. I would advise you farther, that you... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1804 - 618 pages
...complaints and acknowledgments with tokens of his returning favour. Is Ephraim my dear son? is heapleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly...I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord ; (Jer. xxxi. 20.) Thus does God welcome the humble penitent; thus does he open the arms of his love... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1805 - 566 pages
...shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. " Surely after I was turned, I repented; and after •" I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh ; I was "...confounded, because I did " bear the reproach of my youth1." — The effects of repentance are described after a similar manner in Ezekiel : " That thou... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my} thigh, expressed great grief and humiliation : I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth, the burden of my former sins. To this penitent language 20 God graciously replies, [Is] Ephraim my... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1806 - 270 pages
...of love to his people, then his bowels are yearning towards them, Jer. xxxi. 18, 19,20. "IsEphraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child ? for since I...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." The mother's bowels cannot more yearn after the tender babe, than God's do after his distressed ones.... | |
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I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ; Thou hast chastised me and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord my God. 
