“Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.”
Ephraim's confession 'I was ashamed, and I was confounded' demonstrates internalization of judgment—the people have moved from resistance to remorse. The plea 'Restore me, and I will return' expresses the interrelationship of human repentance and divine grace. The people's turning is inseparable from God's enabling restoration.
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