Jeremiah 31:15-20

New King James Version

^(A)“A voice was heard in ^(B)Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter ^(C)weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children,
Refusing to be comforted for her children,
Because ^(D)they are no more.”

“Refrain your voice from ^(E)weeping,
And your eyes from tears;
For your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord,
And they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
¹⁷ There is ^(F)hope in your future, says the Lord,
That your children shall come back to their own border.

¹⁸ “I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself:
‘You have ^(G)chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained bull;
^(H)Restore me, and I will return,
For You are the Lord my God.
¹⁹ Surely, ^(I)after my turning, I repented;
And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh;
I was ^(J)ashamed, yes, even humiliated,
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
²⁰ Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
^(K)Therefore My ^[a]heart yearns for him;
^(L)I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.