Jeremiah 31:15-17

Good News Translation

“A sound is heard in Ramah,
    the sound of bitter weeping.
Rachel is crying for her children;
    they are gone,
    and she refuses to be comforted.
¹⁶ Stop your crying
    and wipe away your tears.
All that you have done for your children
    will not go unrewarded;
    they will return from the enemy's land.
¹⁷ There is hope for your future;
    your children will come back home.
    I, the Lord, have spoken.