Jeremiah:31:15-20
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Thus saith the LORD ;
A voice was heard in Ramah ,
lamentation ,
and bitter weeping ;
Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children ,
because they were not .
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Thus saith the LORD ;
Refrain thy voice from weeping ,
and thine eyes from tears :
for thy work shall be rewarded ,
saith the LORD ;
and they shall come again from the land of the enemy .
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And there is hope in thine end ,
saith the LORD ,
that thy children shall come again to their own border .
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I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ;
Thou hast chastised me ,
and I was chastised ,
as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke :
turn thou me ,
and I shall be turned ;
for thou art the LORD my God .
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Surely after that I was turned ,
I repented ;
and after that I was instructed ,
I smote upon my thigh :
I was ashamed ,
yea ,
even confounded ,
because I did bear the reproach of my youth .
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Is Ephraim my dear son ?
is he a pleasant child ?
for since I spake against him ,
I do earnestly remember him still :
therefore my bowels are troubled for him ;
I will surely have mercy upon him ,
saith the LORD .