082. The Bemoanings Of Ephraim.

The Bemoanings Of Ephraim. The Bemoanings of Ephraim as recorded.—Jeremiah 31:18-19. The Lord’s Answer.—Jeremiah 31:20.

Ephraim represents here the ten tribes of Israel. Rebellious under God’s chastisements they had been impatient and unsubmissive, but convinced of the depth of their guilt, astonished at their great ingratitude, and deeply penitent like the prodigal son, they are represented as coming to themselves, or to a knowledge of their position, as one of danger, and seeking God as their portion. In his answer the Lord assures them he has followed them in all their wanderings, waiting to be gracious, and now that they are sensible of their sin and God’s justice, they shall surely find mercy. Let the unconverted man, as he reads the bemoanings of Ephraim, draw from them the great lesson God has written here for the salvation of his soul.