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Jeremiah 31:15
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The Lord Offers Hope

15 (A) In Ramah[a] a voice is heard,
    crying and weeping loudly.
Rachel mourns for her children[b]
and refuses to be comforted,
    because they are dead.
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  1. 31.15 In Ramah: Or “In the hills.”
  2. 31.15 Rachel … children: Rachel was one of the wives of Jacob, the ancestor of the nation of Israel. She was the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Joseph's two sons Ephraim and Manasseh were the ancestors of the leading tribes of the northern kingdom of Israel.
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Jeremiah 31:15
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15 This is what the Lord says:

“A voice is heard in Ramah,(A)
    mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,(B)
    because they are no more.”(C)

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