Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
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Study Note
'With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back; I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn' — Jeremiah's poem of return (31:7–14) introduces the paternal-filial metaphor for the covenant with particular tenderness. The designation of Ephraim (northern Israel) as 'my firstborn' is striking: Ephraim was Joseph's younger son, granted the firstborn blessing in Genesis 48, and here YHWH's fatherly preference reverses natural expectation again. The 'weeping' (beki) of the returnees has a parallel in verse 15 — Rachel weeping for her children — creating a symmetry between grief over exile and tears of return. Matthew 2:18 quotes verse 15 in the context of Herod's massacre, reading Rachel's weeping as reactivated grief, while the return of Jeremiah 31 points toward the ultimate restoration in Christ.
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They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way--they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim--My first-born <FI>is<Fi> he.
They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.
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