Jeremiah 31:20
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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Jeremiah 31:20. Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child?
You might expect the answer to be, "No, he has lost the rights of childhood; he has been unpleasant and provoking to God, " yet God does not give such an answer as that to his own questions, but he says:-
Jeremiah 31:20. For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still;
Notwithstanding that the Lord threatened him, and sent prophets to foretell evil to him because of his sin, yet he says, "I do earnestly remember him still;"-
Jeremiah 31:20. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him saith the LORD.
What a wonderful speech for God to make! Even the infinitely-blessed God represents himself as in trouble concerning penitent sinners, remembering them in pity, and longing to have mercy upon them.