The religious character of the restoration of the ten tribes. Chastisement brought repentance, and with it forgivene ; therefore God decrees their …

A voice was heard in Ramah. — The sharp contrast between this and the exulting joy of the previous verse shows that we ar…

Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for he…

Here, in the first place, the Prophet describes the desolation of the land when deprived of all its inhabitants. In the second place, he adds a com…

Thus says the Lord, a voice was heard in Ramah Which signifies a high place; hence the Targum paraphrases it, "in the hig…

He who scattered Israel knows where to find them. It is comforting to observe the goodness of the Lord in the gifts of providence.

1. Here the consolation of the nations is given.