Jeremiah 31:15-17

The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy

15 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."

16 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.
 17 o There is hope for your future,
declares the Lord,
and your children shall come back to their own country.

  1. 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."
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 18:25
    Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth.
  3. Cross References
    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?"
  4. Cross References
    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.
  5. Cross References
    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.
  6. Cross References
    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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