Jeremiah 31:15-20
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Thus says the Lord:
j "A voice is heard in k Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
l Rachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
m because they are no more."
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Thus says the Lord:
"Keep your voice from weeping,
and your eyes from tears,
for there is a reward for your work,
declares the Lord,
and n they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
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o There is hope for your future,
declares the Lord,
and your children shall come back to their own country.
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I have heard p Ephraim grieving,
'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
q bring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
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For after r I had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, s I struck my thigh;
t I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.'
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p Is Ephraim my dear son?
u Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
v Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.
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Cross References
Matthew 2:18
"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more."
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Joshua 18:25
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth.
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Genesis 35:19 - 20
So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Genesis 48:7
As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
1 Samuel 10:2
When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, 'The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"
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Jeremiah 10:20
My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone from me, and they are not; there is no one to spread my tent again and to set up my curtains.
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Ezra 1:5
Then rose up the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem.
Hosea 1:11
And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
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Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
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Jeremiah 31:9
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.
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Psalms 80:3
Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
Lamentations 5:21
Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old -
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Deuteronomy 30:2
And return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Ezekiel 21:12
Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh.
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Jeremiah 3:25
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
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Jeremiah 31:18
I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the Lord my God.
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Proverbs 8:30
Then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always.
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Song of Solomon 5:4
My beloved put his hand to the latch, and my heart was thrilled within me.
Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab, and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.
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