Jeremiah 31:15 meaning and explanation

This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

Jeremiah 31:15, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah 31:15 pictures Rachel, the favored wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin, weeping for her children. Ramah was a town in Benjamin's territory near the road taken by exiles deported to Babylon, so the image is of a mother watching her descendants led away and refusing comfort because they are gone.

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