Jeremiah 31:13-15
1599 Geneva Bible
13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the [a]dance, and the young men and the old men together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and give them joy for their sorrows.
14 And I will replenish the soul of the Priests with [b]fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
15 Thus saith the Lord, A voice was heard on high, a mourning, and bitter weeping. [c]Rachel weeping for her children, refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
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- Jeremiah 31:13 In the company of the faithful, which ever praise God for his benefits.
- Jeremiah 31:14 Meaning, the spirit of wisdom, knowledge, and zeal.
- Jeremiah 31:15 To declare the greatness of God’s mercy in delivering the Jews, he showeth them that they were like to the Benjamites of Israelites, that is, utterly destroyed and carried away, insomuch, that if Rachel the mother of Benjamin could have risen again to seek for her children, she should have found none remaining.
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