Jeremias 31

The Lord Offers Hope

15 *Gn 35.16-19;Mt 2.18.In Ramah*31.15 In Ramah: Or "In the hills." a voice is heard,

crying and weeping loudly.

Rachel mourns for her children*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.

and refuses to be comforted,

because they are dead.

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