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Jeremiah 31:15 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 31 · verse 15
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.Jeremiah 31:15 · King James Version
Jeremiah 31:15 in context
13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
15Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
16Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
17And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
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Key words (Strong's)
- lamentationnᵉhîyan elegyH5092 →
- weepingBᵉkîya weepingH1065 →
- weepingbâkâhto weepH1058 →
- bittertamrûwrbitternessH8563 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
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This paragraph is much to the same purport with the last, publishing to the world, as well as to the church, the purposes of God's love concerning his people. This is a word of the Lord which the nations must hear, for it is a prophecy of a work of the Lord which the nations cannot but take notice of.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-17