Jeremiah 31:14-16

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¹⁴I will give the priests plenty of food.
And my people will be filled and satisfied with the good things I give them.”
This message is from the Lord.

¹⁵This is what the Lord says:
“A sound is heard in Ramah—
    bitter crying and great sadness.
Rachel^[a] cries for her children,
    and she refuses to be comforted,
    because her children are gone.”

¹⁶But the Lord says, “Stop crying.
    Don’t fill your eyes with tears.
You will be rewarded for your work.”
    This message is from the Lord.
    “The people of Israel will come back from their enemy’s land.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 31:15 Rachel Jacob’s wife. Here, this means all the women who are crying for their husbands and children who have died in the war with Babylon.