Jeremiah 31:15-20
15Thus says Yahweh, “aA voice is heard in bRamah,Wailing and bitter weeping.Rachel is weeping for her children;She crefuses to be comforted for her childrenBecause dthey are no more.”
16Thus says Yahweh, “aRestrain your voice from weepingAnd your eyes from tears,For your bwork will be rewarded,” declares Yahweh,“And they will creturn from the land of the enemy.
17“And there is ahope for your future,” declares Yahweh,“And your children will return to their own territory.18“I have surely heard Ephraim agrieving,‘You have bchastised me, and I was chastised,Like an untrained ccalf;dCause me to return that I may return,For You are Yahweh my God.19‘For after I turned away, I arepented;And after I was instructed, I bslapped my thigh;I was cashamed and also dishonoredBecause I bore the reproach of my youth.’20“Is aEphraim My dear son?Is he a delightful child?Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,I certainly still remember him;Therefore My 1,binmost being yearns for him;I will surely chave compassion on him,” declares Yahweh.