THE AWAKENING
TO THE COVENANT
SEMINAR
NOTES
THE AWAKENING
of EPHRAIM
TO THE
COVENANT
(FINDING
WISDOM)
EPHRAIM is the
Prodigal Son
Luk
15:11-32:
“And He said, “A certain man had two sons,
and the younger
of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods falling
to me.’ And he divided his
livelihood between them.
“And not many days after, the younger
son, having gathered all together, went away to a distant country, and there
wasted his goods with loose living.
“And when he had spent all, there arose
a severe scarcity of food throughout that land, and he began to be in need.
“And he went and joined himself to one
of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
“And he was longing to fill his stomach
with the pods which the pigs were eating, and no one gave to him.
“But having come to himself, he said,
‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I am
perishing with hunger!
‘Having risen, I shall go to my father
and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against the heaven, and before you,
and I am no
longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’
“And having risen, he went to his
father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved
with compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
“And the son said to him, ‘Father, I
have sinned against the heaven, and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be
called your son.’
“But the father said to his servants,
‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and
sandals on his feet.
‘And bring the fattened calf here and
slaughter it, and let us eat and rejoice,
because this
son of mine was dead and is alive again, and he was lost and is found.’ And they
began to rejoice.
“And his older son was in the field, and
when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
“And having called one of the servants
he asked what this meant.
“And he said to him, ‘Your brother has
come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he received him
back in health.’
“And he was wroth and would not go in.
So his father came out and pleaded with him.
“And answering, he said to his father,
‘See, these many years I have been serving you, and I have never transgressed a
command of yours, but to me you have never given a young goat, so I could
rejoice with my friends.
‘But when this son of yours came, who
has devoured your livelihood with whores, you slaughtered the fattened calf for
him.’
“Then he said to him, ‘Son, you are
always with me, and all I have is yours.
‘And we had to rejoice and be glad, for
your brother was dead and is alive, and was lost and is found.’ ”
Jer 31:6-10:
“For there shall be a day when the
watchmen
(NATSARIM)
cry on
For thus said
יהוה,
“Sing with gladness for Yaʽaqoḇ,
and shout
among the chief of the nations.
Cry out, give praise, and say, ‘O
יהוה,
save Your people, the remnant of Yisra’ĕl!’
“See, I am bringing them from the land
of the north, and shall
gather them from the ends of the earth,
among them the blind and the lame, those with child and those in labor, together
– a great assembly returning here.
“With weeping they shall come, and with
their prayers I bring them. I
shall make them walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they do not
stumble. For I shall be a Father to Yisra’ĕl, and
Ephrayim
– he is
My first-born.
“Hear the word of Yahuah, O gentiles,
and declare it in the islands far off, and say, ‘He who scattered Yisra’ĕl
gathers him, and shall guard him as a shepherd his flock.’”
“Yisrael” is another term for EPHRAIM, THE PRODIGAL SON:
Jer
31:17-20:
“And there is
expectancy for your latter end,” declares Yahuah,
“and your children shall return to their own country.
“I have clearly heard
Ephrayim lamenting,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, like an untrained calf. Turn me
back, and I shall turn back, for You are Yahuah my Elohim.
‘For after my turning back, I repented.
And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh. I was ashamed, even
humiliated, for I bore the reproach of my youth.’
“Is
Ephrayim
a
precious son
to Me, a child of delights? For though I spoke against him, I still remembered
him. That is why My affections were deeply moved for him. I have great
compassion for him,” declares Yahuah.”
Two kinds of
children, wise, unwise:
Children of
Yahuah, children of the devil.
Isa 52:4-6
“For3588 thus3541
saith559 the sovereign136
Yahuah,3069 My people5971
went down3381 formerly7223
into Egypt4714 to sojourn1481
there;8033 and the
Assyrian804
oppressed6231 them without cause.657
Now6258
therefore, what4100 have I here,6311
saith5002 Yahuah,3068
that3588 My people5971
are taken away3947 for naught?2600
they that rule over4910 them make
them to howl,3213 saith5002
Yahuah;3068 and My Name8034
continually8548 every3605
day3117
is blasphemed.5006
Therefore3651
My people5971 shall know3045
My Name:8034 therefore3651
they shall
know in that1931
day3117 that3588
I589
am He1931 that does
speak:1696 behold,2009
it is
I.”
Rom 10:13
For1063 whosoever3956,
3739, 302 shall call upon1941
the3588 Name3686
of (Yahuah)2962 shall be saved.4982
Rom 10:14
How4459 then3767
shall they call on1941 him in1519
whom3739 they have not3756
believed?4100 and1161
how4459 shall they believe4100
in him of whom3739 they have not3756
heard?191 and1161
how4459 shall they hear191
without5565 a preacher?2784
Rom 10:15
And1161 how4459
shall they preach,2784 except3362
they be sent?649 as it2531
is written,1125 How5613
beautiful5611 are the3588
feet4228 of them that preach the
gospel (Besorah, message)2097 of
peace,1515 and bring glad tidings2097
of good things!18
Rom 10:16
But235 they have not3756
all3956 obeyed5219
the3588 gospel (Besorah).2098
For1063 Isaiah2268
saith,3004 who5101
hath believed4100 our2257
report?189
Rom 10:17
So then686 faith4102
cometh by1537
hearing,189 and1161
hearing189 by1223
the word4487 of God.2316
Rom 10:18
But235 I say,3004
Have they not3378 heard?191
Yes verily,3304 their848
sound5353 went1831
into1519 all3956
the3588 earth,1093
and2532 their848
words4487 unto1519
the3588 ends4009
of the3588 world.3625
1Co 14:21
In1722 the3588
law3551 it is written,1125
With1722
men of
other tongues2084 and2532
other(1722), 2087 lips5491
will I speak2980 unto this5129
people;2992 and2532
yet for all that3779 will they not3761
hear1522 me,3450
saith3004 (Yahuah).2962
1Co 14:22
Wherefore5620
tongues1100
are1526 for1519
a sign,4592 not3756
to them that believe,4100 but235
to them that believe not:571 but1161
prophesying4394
serves not3756
for them that believe not,571 but235
for them which believe.4100
1Co 14:26
How5101 is2076
it then,3767 brethren?80
when3752 you come together,4905
every one1538 of you5216
has2192 a psalm,5568
has2192 a doctrine,1322
has2192 a tongue,1100
has2192 a revelation,602
has2192 an interpretation.2058
Let all things3956 be done1096
for4314 edifying.3619
Pro 2:-51
“My son, if you accept My Words, and treasure up My commands with you,
So that you
make your ear attend to Wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;
For if you cry
for discernment, lift up your voice for understanding,
If you seek her
as silver, and search for her as hidden treasures,
Then you would
understand the
fear
of Yahuah,
and find the knowledge of Elohim.”
“The
secret of Yahuah
is with those who
fear
Him, And He
makes His Covenant known
to them.”
Psa
25:14
Pro
3:1-18:
“My son, do not forget my Torah, And let your heart watch over my commands;
For length of
days and long life And peace they add to you.
Let not
kindness and truth forsake you – Bind them around your neck, Write them on the
tablet of your heart,
Thus finding
favour and good insight In the eyes of Elohim and man.
Trust in
יהוה
with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
Know Him in all your ways, And He makes all your paths straight.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear
יהוה
and turn away from evil.
It is healing to your navel, And moistening to your bones.
Esteem
יהוה
with your goods, And with the first-fruits of all your increase;
Then your storehouses shall be filled with plenty, And your vats overflow with
new wine.
My son, do not despise the discipline of
יהוה,
And do not loathe His reproof;
For whom
יהוה
loves He reproves, As a father the son whom he delights in.
Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, And the man who gets understanding;
For the gain from it is better Than gain from silver, And its increase than fine
gold.
She is more precious than rubies, And all your delights are not comparable to
her.
Length of days is in her right hand, Riches and esteem in her left hand.
Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those taking hold of her, And blessed are all who
retain her.”
Pro
8:1-36:
“Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift up her voice?
On the top of
the heights along the way, Between the paths she has taken her stand.
Beside the
gates, leading to the city, At the entrances, she shouts:
“O men, I call, to you, And my voice is
to the sons of men.
“You simple ones, understand insight,
And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
“Listen, for I speak noble words, And
the opening of my lips is about straightness;
“For my mouth speaks truth; And
wrongness is an abomination to my lips.
“All the words of my mouth are in
righteousness, None of them twisted or crooked,
“All of them plain to him who
understands, And straight to those who find knowledge.
“Accept my discipline, and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choice gold;
“For wisdom is better than rubies, And
all delights are not comparable to her.
“I, wisdom, have dwelt with insight, And
I find knowledge, foresight.
“The fear of
יהוה
is to hate evil. I have hated pride and arrogance, And the evil way, And the
perverse mouth.
“Counsel
is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, mightiness is mine.
“By me sovereigns reign, And rulers make
righteous decrees.
“By me princes rule, and nobles, All the
judges of the earth.
“I love those who love me, And those who
earnestly seek me do find me.
“Riches and esteem are with me, Enduring
wealth and righteousness.
“My fruit is better than gold and fine gold, And my increase than choice silver.
“I walk in the way of righteousness, In
the midst of the paths of right- ruling,
“To bestow substance on those who love
me, And to fill their treasuries.
“יהוה
possessed me, The beginning of His way, As the first of His works of old.
“I was set up ages ago, at the first,
Before the earth ever was.
“When there were no depths I was brought
forth, When there were no springs heavy with water.
“Before mountains were sunk, Before the
hills, I was brought forth,
“Before He had made the earth and the
fields, Or the first dust of the world.
“When He prepared the heavens, I was
there, When He decreed a vault on the face of the deep,
“When He set the clouds above, When He
made the fountains of the deep strong,
“When He gave to the sea its limit, So
that the waters would not transgress His command, When He decreed the
foundations of the earth,
“Then I was beside Him, a master
workman, And I was His delight,
day by day Rejoicing before Him all the time,
“Rejoicing in the world, His earth; And
my delights were with the sons of men.
“And now, listen to me, you children,
For blessed are they who guard my ways.
“Listen to discipline and become wise,
And do not refuse it.
“Blessed
is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts
of my doors.
“For whoever finds me shall find life,
And obtain favor from Yahuah,
“But he who sins against me injures
himself; All who hate me love death!”
Isa
60:1-12:
“Arise, shine, for your light has come! And the esteem of Yahuah
has risen upon you.
“For look, darkness covers the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples. But
Yahuah
arises over you, and His esteem is seen upon you.
“And the Gentiles shall come to your
light, and sovereigns to the brightness of your rising.
“Lift up your eyes all around and see:
all of them have gathered, they have come to you; your sons come from afar, and
your daughters are supported on the side.
“Then you shall see and be bright, and
your heart shall throb and swell, for the wealth of the sea is turned to you,
the riches of the gentiles come to you.
“A stream of camels cover your land, the
dromedaries of Miḏyan
and Ěphah; all those from Sheḇa
come, bearing gold and incense, and proclaiming the praises of
Yahuah.
“All the flocks of Qĕḏar
are gathered to you, the rams of Neḇayoth
serve you; they come up for acceptance on My altar, and I embellish My esteemed
House.
“Who are these who fly like a cloud, and
like doves to their windows?
“Because the coastlands wait for Me, and
the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and
their gold with them, to the Name of
Yahuah
your Elohim, and to the Set-apart One of Yisrael, because He has adorned you.
“And the sons of foreigners shall build
your walls, and their sovereigns serve you. For in My wrath I have smitten you,
but in My delight I shall have compassion on you.
“And your gates shall be open
continually, they are not shut day or night, to bring to you the wealth of the
Gentiles, and their sovereigns in procession.
“For the nation and the reign that do
not serve you shall perish, and those Gentiles shall be utterly laid waste.”
Rev 3:3:
“Remember, then, how you have
received, and heard. And watch and repent.
If, then, you do not wake up, I shall come upon you as a thief, and you
shall not know at all what hour I come upon you.”
Deu
29:29-30:3:
“The secret matters
belong to Yahuah
our Elohim,
but what is revealed belongs to us and to our children forever, to do all the
Words of this Torah.
“And it shall be,
when all these
Words come upon you,
the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you shall bring them
back to your heart among all the gentiles where Yahuah
your Elohim drives you,
and shall turn back to
Yahuah
your Elohim and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, with
all your heart and with all your being, you and your children,
then
Yahuah
your Elohim shall
turn back your captivity,
and shall have compassion on you, and He shall turn back and gather you from all
the peoples where
Yahuah
your Elohim has
scattered
you.”
Isa
30:20-21:
“Though Yahuah
gave you bread of adversity and water of affliction, your Teacher shall no
longer be hidden. But your eyes shall see your Teacher,
and your ears hear a Word behind you, saying, ‘This is the Way, walk in it,’
whenever you turn to the right, or whenever you turn to the left.”
CRY OF EPHRAIM
TO BE REVIVED:
Psa
80:1-19:
“Give ear, O Shepherd of Yisra’ĕl, Who lead
Yosef
like a flock; Who dwell between the
keruḇim,
shine forth!
Before
Ephrayim, Binyamin, and Menashsheh, Stir up Your might, and come and save us!
Cause us to
turn back, O Elohim, And cause Your face to shine, That we might be delivered!
“O
Yahuah Elohim of hosts, How long shall You be wroth Against the prayer of Your
people?
You have caused them to eat the bread of tears, and have caused them to drink
with tears, a third time.
You have made us a strife to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among
themselves.
Turn us back, O Elohim of hosts, And cause Your face to shine, That we might be
delivered!
You brought a vine out of Mitsrayim; You drove out the nations, and planted it.
You cleared a place for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the
land.
Hills were covered with its shadow, and the mighty cedars with its twigs.
She spread her branches to the Sea,
and her shoots to the River.
Why have You broken down her hedges, So that every passer-by plucked her fruit?
The boar out of the forest ravages it, and the wild beast of the field devours
it.
Return, we beg You, O Elohim of hosts; Look down from heaven, and see, And visit
this vine,
And the stock which Your right hand has planted, And the Son whom You made
strong for Yourself.
It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Your face.
Let Your hand be upon the One at Your right hand, Upon the Son of Aḏam
whom You made strong for Yourself,
And we shall not backslide from You.
Revive us, and let us call upon Your Name.
Turn us back, O Yahuah Elohim of hosts, And cause Your face to shine, that we
might be delivered!”
TURN US BACK TO
YOUR TORAH!
The message
(besorah) to the nations:
“Repent;
for the reign of Yahuah draws near!”
Jer
16:13-19:
“‘So I shall throw you out of this land
into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers. And there you
shall serve other mighty ones day and night, where I show you no favor.’
‘Therefore see, the days are coming,’
declares Yahuah,
‘when it is no longer said, ‘Yahuah
lives who brought up the children of Yisrael from the
but,
‘Yahuah
lives who brought up the children of Yisrael from the land of the north and from
all the lands where He had driven them.’ For I shall bring them back into their
land I gave to their fathers.
“See, I am sending for many fishermen,”
declares
Yahuah,
“and they shall fish them. And after that I shall send for many hunters, and
they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of
the rocks.
“For My eyes are on all their ways; they
have not been hidden from My face, nor has their crookedness been hidden from My
eyes.
“And first I shall repay double for
their crookedness and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the dead
bodies of their disgusting matters,
and have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
O
Yahuah,
my strength and my stronghold and my refuge, in the day of distress the Gentiles
shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have
inherited only falsehood, futility, and there is no value in them.”
The initial
recognition of the Truth can be scary:
Gen 42:8:
“So Yosef
recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.”
As the second
in charge of ancient
Ephraim
(the
descendants of Yosef)
is now declaring to his brother Yahudah,
“I am Yosef!”
Gen 45:1-5:
“And Yosef was unable to restrain himself
before all those who stood by him, and he called out, ‘Have everyone go out from
me!’ So no one stood with him while Yosef made himself known to his brothers.
And he wept
aloud, and the Mitsrites and the house of Pharaoh heard it.
And Yosef said
to his brothers, ‘I am Yosef, is my father still alive?’ But his brothers were
unable to answer him, for they trembled before him.
Then Yosef said
to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” And when they came near, he said, “I
am Yosef your brother, whom you sold into Mitsrayim.
‘And now, do not be grieved nor
displeased with yourselves because you sold me here, for Elohim sent me before
you to preserve life.’”
Yosef is
represented by the two tribes of
Exo 4:22,
23:
“And you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus said Yahuah:
Yisrael is My son, My first-born, so I
say to you, let My son go to serve Me.
But if you refuse to let him go, see, I am killing your son, your
first-born.’ ”
As descendants
of these tribes, the bulk of the population of the Earth is unaware of who they
are, and the promises made to us as those descendants.
Over 2700 years ago, we were scattered among the nations by the Assyrians
because we had failed to live according to the Covenant, but now we are being
re-gathered to the Covenant.
“Hear the word
of Yahuah,
O gentiles, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, ‘He who scattered
Yisrael gathers him, and shall guard him as a shepherd his flock.’”
YirmeYahu
31:10
Isles?
He gave us the sun (for
night and day), the moon (for the appointed times, the “shadows” of things to
come for the body of
Eze
20:34-38:
“And I shall bring
you out from the
peoples
and
gather you out of the lands where you are scattered,
with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out.
“And I shall
bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and shall enter into judgment with
you face to face there.
“As I entered
into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the
“And I shall make you pass under the rod,
and shall bring you into the bond of the Covenant,
and purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me.
From the land where they sojourn I bring
them out, but they shall not come into the
Yahusha will
be concerned with a
single matter at the time of His return:
who will be in
the Covenant, and who will not be.
This is what
He meant when He spoke about "belief":
Luk 18:7,8:
“And shall
Elohim not do right by all means to His own chosen ones who are crying out day
and night to Him, and being patient over them?
“I say to you
that He shall do right to them speedily.
But when the Son of Aḏam
comes, shall He find the belief on the earth?”
Belief (faith,
enumah, or faithfulness) involves acting on what is believed, so it extends to
obedience. The “bonds” of the
Covenant are what we are to
go and teach all nations to obey,
because when He spoke the following words, He wasn’t addressing post-Nicene
church fathers or Christians, but rather Israelites in the Covenant, who were
also Natsarim:
Mat 28:19,20:
“Therefore, go and make taught ones of all the nations, immersing them in
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Set-apart Spirit,
teaching
them
to guard
(obey)
all that I have commanded
you.
And see, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” Amĕn.
What had
Yahusha always taught them to obey?
A Rabbi teaches
Torah,
the Covenant. It is also called
“the Word”.
Yahusha is the “Living Word” made flesh.
Naturally, the Natsarim of today hear His Words, and
obey them. We definitely
know when the Sabbath arrives. As a
body, the Natsarim may determine such things:
which are a
shadow of what is to come –
for
the Body of the Messiah.”
(The phrase “for the body of Mashiach” conveys the literal meaning of the
Greek Received Text. The shadows
(appointed times, moedim) are for Yahusha’s people, His body, Yisrael).
These
“shadows” of things to come are the “redemption plan”
for His body,
Passover
(the Lamb of Elohim, Yahusha)
Matsah
(Unleavened Bread, deliverance from bondage of sin)
First-fruits
(the resurrection of Yahusha, the “wave offering”)
Shabuoth
(Giving of Torah at Sinai, then again at Acts 2, the writing of Torah on
the hearts of men, not a
“birthday”, but a wedding anniversary for Yahuah & His wife Israel)
Yom Teruah
(forerunner of “last Trump”, preparing us for the arrival of Yahusha as
our King)
Yom Kaphar
(Judgment Day; our names
must be inscribed in the Scroll of Life, and this is not possible if we are not
in the bonds of His Covenant)
Sukkoth
(Pictures the final dwelling of Yahusha among His Covenant people on
Earth, forevermore).
Gentiles
are all
those who choose
to remain outside His Covenant.
All those who choose to obey His Word (Covenant), He calls
“
Yahuah, the
Elohim of
The Covenant
is the
“relationship”
which Christianity seeks, yet it is spurned by false teachers, who replaced true
worship with Sun-day, Easter, Christmas, so-called “sacraments”, and various
liturgies.
Sacraments and
denominations are irrelevant, since the
“relationship”
we each must have
is through His Covenant
(the one given at Ex. 20, & Dt. 5).
May Yahusha
perfect His Covenant in our hearts, by writing it upon our hearts.
The action of
the Spirit of Yahusha writing His Torah upon our hearts is what the
“New Covenant”
is.
RESTORATION TO
THE COVENANT – THE PROPHECY ITSELF:
Jer 30:23
“See, the storm of
Yahuah shall go forth in a rage, a whirling storm! It bursts upon the head of
the wrong.
Jer 30:24
The burning displeasure of Yahuah shall not turn back until He has done and
established the purposes of His heart.
In the latter days you shall understand it.”
Jer 31:1
“At that time,” declares
Yahuah,
“I shall be the Elohim of all the clans of Yisra’ĕl, and they shall be My
people.”
Jer 31:2
Thus said Yahuah, “A people escaped from the
sword found favour in the wilderness, Yisra’ĕl, when it went to find rest.”
Jer 31:3
Yahuah appeared to me from afar, saying,
“I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I shall draw you with
kindness.
Jer 31:4
“I am going to build you again. And you shall be rebuilt, O maiden of Yisra’ĕl!
Again you shall take up your
tambourines, and go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
Jer 31:5
“Again you shall plant vines on the mountains of Shomeron
(
Jer 31:6
“For there shall be a day when the
watchmen
(Natsarim)
cry on
Jer 31:7
For thus said Yahuah, “Sing with gladness for
Yaʽaqoḇ,
and shout among the chief of the nations. Cry out, give praise, and say, ‘O
יהוה, save Your people, the remnant of
Yisra’ĕl!’
Jer 31:8
“See, I am bringing them from the land of the north, and shall
gather them from the ends of the earth, among
them the blind and the lame, those with child and those in labor, together – a
great assembly returning here.
Jer 31:9
“With weeping they shall come, and with their prayers I bring them. I
shall make them walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they do not
stumble. For I shall be a Father to
Yisra’ĕl, and Ephrayim – he is
My first-born.
Jer 31:10
“Hear the word of Yahuah, O gentiles, and
declare it in the isles afar off, and say, ‘He who scattered Yisra’ĕl gathers
him, and shall guard him as a shepherd his flock.’
Jer 31:11
“For Yahuah shall ransom Yaʽaqoḇ,
and redeem him from the hand of one stronger than he.
Jer 31:12
“And they shall come in and shall sing on the height of Tsiyon, and stream to
the goodness of Yahuah, for grain and for new
wine and for oil, and for the young of the flock and the herd. And their being
shall be like a well-watered garden, and never languish again.
Jer 31:13
“Then shall a maiden rejoice in a dance, and young men and old, together. And I
shall turn their mourning to joy, and shall comfort them, and shall make them
rejoice from their sorrow,
Jer 31:14
and shall fill the being of the priests with fatness. And My people shall be
satisfied with My goodness,” declares Yahuah.
Jer 31:15
Thus said Yahuah, “A voice was heard in Ramah,
wailing, bitter weeping, Raḥĕl weeping for her children, refusing to be
comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
Jer 31:16
Thus said יהוה, “Hold back your voice from
weeping, and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work,”
declares Yahuah, “and they shall return from
the land of the enemy.
Jer 31:17
“And there is expectancy for your latter end,” declares
Yahuah, “and your children shall return to
their own country.
Jer 31:18
“I have clearly heard Ephrayim lamenting,
‘You have
chastised me, and I was chastised, like an untrained calf. Turn me back, and I
shall turn back, for You are
Yahuah
my Elohim.
Jer 31:19 ‘For after my turning back, I repented. And after I was instructed, I
struck myself on the thigh. I was ashamed, even humiliated, for I bore the
reproach of my youth.’
Jer 31:20
“Is Ephrayim a precious son to Me, a
child of delights? For though I spoke against him, I still remembered him. That
is why My affections were deeply moved for him. I have great compassion for
him,” declares Yahuah.
Jer 31:21
“Set up signposts, make landmarks; set your heart toward the highway, the way in
which you went. Turn back, O maiden of Yisra’ĕl, turn back to these cities of
yours!
Jer 31:22