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.
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Interpretation
Ephraim (the ten tribes) is weeping for sin. He is angry at himself for his sin, and folly, and frowardness.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 31:18-21.