Jeremiah 31:16 meaning and explanation
This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.
Jeremiah 31:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah 31 speaks to Judah in exile, and verse 15 pictures Rachel, the ancestress of the northern tribes, weeping at Ramah over children taken away. The LORD answers her grief directly in verse 16, telling her to hold back her tears because her labor will be rewarded: the children will return from the land of the enemy.
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