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

19Is Ephraim a precious son to Me? Is he a delightful child? For as often as I spoke against him, I still certainly remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him. I will surely have compassion on him.” It is a declaration of Adonai. 20Erect road markers, set up signposts! Set your heart toward the highway, the way by which you traveled! Return, O virgin Israel, return to your cities. How long will you waver, O backsliding daughter? For Adonai has created a new thing on earth: a woman surrounds a man. 22Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “Yet again will they use this expression in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I will return them from exile: ‘Adonai bless you, O dwelling of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.’ 23Judah and all its cities will dwell there together—the farmer and those who go about with flocks.

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 57:14Then it will be said: “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every stumbling block out of the way of My people.”
• Isaiah 62:10Go through, go through the gates. Clear the way for the people! Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Lift up a banner over the peoples.
• Jeremiah 50:5They will ask about Zion, the way— here are their faces! Come! They will join themselves to Adonai in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
• Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, “Put in your hearts all the words that I call as witness against you today—that you may command your children to keep and do all the words of this Torah.
• 1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, in my devotion to the House of my God, I have given over my private treasure of gold and silver to the House of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for the holy House:
• 2 Chronicles 11:16Those from all the tribes of Israel, who had set their hearts to seek Adonai, followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Adonai, the God of their fathers.
• 2 Chronicles 20:3Jehoshaphat was afraid so he resolved to seek Adonai, and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
• Psalms 62:10Sons of Adam are a vapor, sons of man are an illusion. In balanced scales they go up— altogether they are less than a breath.
• Psalms 84:5Blessed are they who dwell in Your House —they are ever praising You. Selah
• Proverbs 24:32Then I took to heart what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
• Ezekiel 40:4The man said to me, “Son of man, see with your eyes, hear with your ears, set your heart on all that I show you—for I brought you here in order to show you—and report all that you see to the house of Israel.”
• Haggai 1:5But now,” thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “Set your heart on your ways!
• Jeremiah 51:6Flee from within Babylon! Each one, escape with his soul! Be not silenced in her iniquity! For it is a time of vengeance for Adonai. He will repay her recompense.
• Isaiah 48:20“Get out of Babylon, flee from Chaldea! With a shout of joy, proclaim this, send it out to the end of the earth, say: ‘Adonai has redeemed His servant Jacob!
• Isaiah 52:11Leave, leave! Get out of there! Touch no unclean thing. Go out of her midst. Purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of Adonai.
• Zechariah 2:6I asked, ‘Where are you going?’ He answered me, ‘To measure Jerusalem to see how wide and how long it is.’

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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• 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