Cross references

Jeremiah 31:20

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 31:20 BSB
  1. a Hebrew My bowels yearn for him

Jeremiah 31:20 has 21 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 55:7 (8 votes) and Micah 7:18–19 (7 votes). 87 other verses point back to it. It links with 36 other books, from Genesis 43 to James 4.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 31:20 point to?

The 20 strongest of 21, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

  2. Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

  3. So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

  4. As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

  5. Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.

  6. For the Lord will not cast us off forever. Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

  7. Hosea 14:45 votes

    I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

  8. Luke 15:245 votes

    For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

  9. Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.

  10. Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.”

Which verses point to Jeremiah 31:20?

The 10 strongest of 87.