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Jeremiah 31:19

World English Bible

Surely after that I was turned.
I repented.
After that I was instructed.
I struck my thigh.
I was ashamed, yes, even confounded,
because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

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Jeremiah 31:19 in other translations

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 31:19 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 31:19 in context

  1. 17There is hope for your latter end,” says Yahweh.
    “Your children will come again to their own territory.
  2. 18“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus,
    ‘You have chastised me,
    and I was chastised, as an untrained calf.
    Turn me, and I will be turned;
    for you are Yahweh my God.
  3. 19Surely after that I was turned.
    I repented.
    After that I was instructed.
    I struck my thigh.
    I was ashamed, yes, even confounded,
    because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
  4. 20Is Ephraim my dear son?
    Is he a darling child?
    For as often as I speak against him,
    I still earnestly remember him.
    therefore my heart yearns for him.
    I will surely have mercy on him,” says Yahweh.
  5. 21“Set up road signs.
    Make guideposts.
    Set your heart toward the highway,
    even the way by which you went.
    Turn again, virgin of Israel.
    Turn again to these your cities.