Jeremiah 31:15 — In Ramah a voice is heard,
crying and weeping loudly.
Rachel mourns for her chi… — CEV | maBible
Read Jeremiah 31:15 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Jeremiah 31.15, Jeremiah 31v15, Jr. 31:15. In Ramah a voice is heard,
crying and weeping loudly.
Rachel mourns for her children
and refuses to be comforted,
because they are dead.
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Other reference formats: Jeremiah 31.15, Jeremiah 31v15, Jr. 31:15.
15 In Ramah a voice is heard,
crying and weeping loudly.
Rachel mourns for her children
and refuses to be comforted,
because they are dead.
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Notes and references
31.15 a Gn 35.16-19; b Mt 2.18.
In Ramah: Or “In the hills.”
Rachel … children: Rachel was one of the wives of Jacob, the ancestor of the nation of Israel. She was the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Joseph's two sons Ephraim and Manasseh were the ancestors of the leading tribes of the northern kingdom of Israel.