Jeremiah 31:21

Jeremiah 31:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
• New International Version (NIV)“Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road that you take. Return, Virgin Israel, return to your towns.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Set up road markers for yourself; make yourself guideposts; consider well the highway, the road by which you went. Return, O virgin Israel, return to these your cities.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Set up signposts, Make landmarks; Set your heart toward the highway, The way in which you went. Turn back, O virgin of Israel, Turn back to these your cities.

Context of Jeremiah 31:21

19After my return, I felt regret; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.” 20Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to me, a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him, I certainly still think about him. Therefore, my inner being yearns for him; I will truly have compassion on him. This is the Lord’s declaration. Set up road markers for yourself; establish signposts! Keep the highway in mind, the way you have traveled. Return, Virgin Israel! Return to these cities of yours. 22How long will you turn here and there, faithless daughter? For the Lord creates something new in the land — a female will shelter a man. 23This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore their fortunes, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the Lord bless you, righteous settlement, holy mountain.’

Jeremiah 31:21 word by word

הַצִּ֧יבִי לָ֣ךְ צִיֻּנִ֗ים שִׂ֤מִי לָךְ֙ תַּמְרוּרִ֔ים שִׁ֣תִי לִבֵּ֔ךְ לַֽמְסִלָּ֖ה דֶּ֣רֶךְ הָלָ֑כְתְּ שׁ֚וּבִי בְּתוּלַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שֻׁ֖בִי אֶל־עָרַ֥יִךְ אֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Set thee upנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• waymarksצִיּוּןtsîyûn · signpostH6725
• makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• thee high heapsתַּמְרוּרtamrûr · signpostH8564
• setשִׁיתshîyth · to set: considerH7896
• thine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• toward the highwayמְסִלָּהmesillâh · highwayH4546
• the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• thou wentestהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• turn againשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• O virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• to these thy citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892

Cross-references for Jeremiah 31:21

• Isaiah 57:14He said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, remove every obstacle from my people’s way.”
• Isaiah 62:10Go out, go out through the city gates; prepare a way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones! Raise a banner for the peoples.
• Jeremiah 50:5They will ask about Zion, turning their faces to this road. They will come and join themselves to the Lord in a permanent covenant that will never be forgotten.
• Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today, so that you may command your children to follow all the words of this law carefully.
• 1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the house of my God over and above all that I’ve provided for the holy house:
• 2 Chronicles 11:16Those from every tribe of Israel who had determined in their hearts to seek the Lord their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
• 2 Chronicles 20:3Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved to seek the Lord. Then he proclaimed a fast for all Judah,
• Psalms 62:10Place no trust in oppression or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, don’t set your heart on it.
• Psalms 84:5Happy are the people whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
• Proverbs 24:32I saw, and took it to heart; I looked, and received instruction:
• Ezekiel 40:4He spoke to me: “Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for you have been brought here so that I might show it to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel.”
• Haggai 1:5Now, the Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways:
• Jeremiah 51:6Leave Babylon; save your lives, each of you! Don’t perish because of her guilt. For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance — he will pay her what she deserves.
• Isaiah 48:20Leave Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with a shout of joy, proclaim this, let it go out to the end of the earth; announce, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
• Isaiah 52:11Leave, leave, go out from there! Do not touch anything unclean; go out from her, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the Lord.
• Zechariah 2:6“Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven” — this is the Lord’s declaration.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Set thee up waymarks - Alluding to stones, or heaps of stones, which travelers in the desert set up to ascertain the way, that they may know how to return. Mark the way to Babylon: thither ye shall certainly go; but from it ye shall as certainly return.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 The religious character of the restoration of the ten tribes. Chastisement brought repentance, and with it forgiveness; therefore God decrees their restoration. Jeremiah 31:15 Ramah, mentioned because of its nearness to Jerusalem, from which it was distant about five miles. As the mother of three tribes, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, Rachel is regarded as the mother of the whole ten. This passage is quoted by Matthew (marginal reference)…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-26Verses 21-26 The way from the bondage of sin to the liberty of God's children, is a high-way. It is plain, it is safe; yet none are likely to walk in it, unless they set their hearts towards it. They are encouraged by the promise of a new, unheard-of, extraordinary thing; a creation, a work of Almighty power; the human nature of Christ, formed and prepared by the power of the Holy Ghost: and this is here mentioned as an encouragement to the Jews to return…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21road markers...signposts: The Lord led his people back to Israel and restored their spiritual relationship with Him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. waymarks--pillars to mark the road for the returning exiles. Caravans set up pillars, or pointed heaps of stones, to mark the way through the desert against their return. So Israel is told by God to mark the way by which they went in leaving their country for exile; for by the same way they shall return. highway--(Is 35:8, 10).Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Remember
• Unaccustomed
• Causeway; Causey
• Guide
• Heap
• Jeremiah (2)
• Waymark

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings