15This 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.”
16This 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.
17So there is hope for your future,
declares the LORD,
and your children will return
to their own land.
— Jeremiah 31:15-17