They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way; they shall not stumble in it, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.

But I said, How shall I put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a beautiful inheritance among the multitudes of nations! And I said, You shall call Me, My Father, and shall not turn away from Me.

As a father has compassion on his children, so Jehovah has compassion on those who fear Him.

for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son with whom he is pleased.

for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

It was right that we should make merry and rejoice, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.

For Jehovah will judge His people and have compassion on His servants, when He sees that their power is gone, and there is no one remaining, bond or free.

And they put away the foreign gods from among them and served Jehovah. And His soul was grieved because of Israel's troubles.

For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before Me, and the souls I have made.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will also lead him, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

For the Lord will not cast off forever;

for though He causes grief, yet He will have compassion according to the multitude of His kindness.

How shall I give you up, Ephraim? Shall I deliver you up, Israel? How shall I make you like Admah? Shall I set you as Zeboim? My heart churns within Me; My compassions are kindled together.

I will not execute My burning anger; I will not return to destroy Ephraim. For I am the Mighty God, and not a man, the Holy One in your midst. And I will not enter into the city with terror.

Now his compassions yearned for his brother; so Joseph made haste and sought somewhere to weep. And he went into his chamber and wept there.

Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for her womb yearned for her son; and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and do not put him to death! But the other said, Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.

My beloved put his hand by the latch of the door, and my heart yearned for him.

For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affections of Jesus Christ.

Therefore my heart shall mourn for Moab like flutes, and my heart shall mourn like flutes for the men of Kir-hares, because the riches that he has gotten have perished.

Therefore my stomach shall growl like a harp for Moab, and my inner being for Kir- heres.

Look down from Heaven, and look down from the place of Your holiness and of Your glory. Where is Your zeal and Your strength, the multitude of Your tender affections and of Your mercies toward me? Are they restrained?

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Jehovah, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will also lead him, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

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

Who is a Mighty God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His possession? His anger does not remain strong forever, for He delights in mercy.

He will return and have compassion on us; He will subdue our iniquities. And You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.