EPHRAIM REPENTS AND IS SHOWN MERCY

Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me and I was chastised as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me and I shall be turned; for you are the Lord my God.

Jeremiah 31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Jeremiah 31:20 Is 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, says the Lord.