Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 31:15-22

15This is what the LORD says:

“A voice is heard in Ramah,mourning and great weeping,Rachel weeping for her childrenand refusing to be comforted,because they are no more.”1

16This is what the LORD says:

“Keep your voice from weepingand your eyes from tears,for the reward for your work will come,declares the LORD.Then your children will returnfrom the land of the enemy.17So there is hope for your future,declares the LORD,and your children will returnto their own land.

18I have surely heard Ephraim’s2 moaning:

‘You disciplined me severely,like an untrained calf.Restore me, that I may return,for You are the LORD my God.19After I returned, I repented;and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief.I was ashamed and humiliatedbecause I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me,a delightful child?Though I often speak against him,I still remember him.Therefore My heart yearns for him;3I have great compassion for him,”declares the LORD.21“Set up the road markers,put up the signposts.Keep the highway in mind,the road you have traveled.Return, O Virgin Israel,return to these cities of yours.22How long will you wander,O faithless daughter?For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter4 a man.”

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 31:15 Cited in Matthew 2:18 ↩
2. Jeremiah 31:18 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 20 ↩
3. Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew My bowels yearn for him ↩
4. Jeremiah 31:22 Or will surround or will return to ↩

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