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This is what the LORD says: "^(C1)A voice is heard in ^(C2)Ramah, Lamenting and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She ^(C3)refuses to be comforted for her children, Because ^(C4)they are no more."

This is what the LORD says: "^(C1)Restrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears; For your ^(C2)work will be rewarded," declares the LORD, "And they will ^(C3)return from the land of the enemy.

-"There is ^(C1)hope for your future," declares the LORD, "And your children will return to their own territory.

-"I have certainly heard Ephraim ^(C1)grieving, 'You have ^(C2)disciplined me, and I was corrected, Like an untrained ^(C3)calf; ^(C4)Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the LORD my God.

-'For after I turned back, I ^(C1)repented; And after I was instructed, I ^(F1)(C2)slapped my thigh; I was ^(C3)ashamed and also humiliated Because I bore the shame of my youth.'

-"Is ^(C1)Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My ^(F1)(C2)heart yearns for him; I will certainly ^(C3)have mercy on him," declares the LORD.