15. the Lord says:“A voice is heard in Ramah,lamentation and bitter weeping,Rachel weeping for her children.She refuses to be comforted for her children,because they are no more.”
16. the Lord says:“Refrain your voice from weeping,and your eyes from tears;for your work will be rewarded,” says the Lord.“They will come again from the land of the enemy.
17. There is hope for your latter end,” says the Lord.“Your children will come again to their own territory.
18. “I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus,‘You have chastised me,and I was chastised, as an untrained calf.Turn me, and I will be turned;for you are the Lord my God.