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Jeremiah 31:16

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Yahweh 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.

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Jeremiah 31:16 in other translations

Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

Jeremiah 31:16 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 31:16 in context

  1. 14I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness,
    and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says Yahweh.
  2. 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.”
  3. 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.
  4. 17There is hope for your latter end,” says Yahweh.
    “Your children will come again to their own territory.
  5. 18“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus,
    ‘You have chastised me,
    and I was chastised, as an untrained calf.
    Turn me, and I will be turned;
    for you are Yahweh my God.