Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
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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.