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15 This 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.”

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Footnotes

  1. 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.

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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