Jeremiah 31:13-15

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¹³Then the young women of Israel will be happy and dance.
    And the men, young and old, will join in the dancing.
I will change their sadness into happiness.
    I will comfort my people, making them happy instead of sad.
¹⁴I will give the priests plenty of food.
    And my people will be filled and satisfied with the good things I give them.”
This message is from the Lord.

¹⁵This 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

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.