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Jeremiah 31:15

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Yahweh says:
“A voice is heard in Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children.
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
because they are no more.”

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Jeremiah 31:15 in other translations

Thus saith Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not.

Jeremiah 31:15 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 31:15 in context

  1. 13Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance;
    the young men and the old together;
    for I will turn their mourning into joy,
    and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
  2. 14I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness,
    and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says Yahweh.
  3. 15Yahweh says:
    “A voice is heard in Ramah,
    lamentation and bitter weeping,
    Rachel weeping for her children.
    She refuses to be comforted for her children,
    because they are no more.”
  4. 16Yahweh says:
    “Refrain your voice from weeping,
    and your eyes from tears;
    for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh.
    “They will come again from the land of the enemy.
  5. 17There is hope for your latter end,” says Yahweh.
    “Your children will come again to their own territory.