John Trapp on Jeremiah 31:20

Ver. 20. Is Ephraim a dear ſon? Is he a pleaſant childe?] q. d. Ey ſure is he: and never more dear and pleaſant then when thus beblubberd: like as ſome faces appear moſt oriently beautiful when they are moſt inſtampt with ſorrow. Heb. Is he a childe of delight? q. d. He may ſeem to be otherwiſe by my hard dealing with him: but ſo he is aſſuredly; Behold he whom thou loveſt is ſick, Joh. 11.

For ſince I ſpake againſt him, I do earneſtly remember him ſtill] Or ſo oft as I ſpeak of him, I am mindful ſtill of him. See Iſa. 49.14, 16.

Therefore my bowels are troubled for him] Perſtrepunt viſcera mea, My bowels work, as that mothers did toward her childe, 1 Kings 3.26. as Croeſus his dumb ſons did, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Herod. when ſeeing a fellow ready to kill his Father, he burſt out into Kill not King Croeſus. See Hoſ. 11.8. with the Notes.