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Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
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A Promise of Restoration
Commentators explain that God is speaking directly to the grief of Israel, personified by Rachel weeping for her exiled children. The promise is that their sorrow and suffering ('thy work') will not be in vain. God will bring a 'reward' by graciously restoring His people from 'the land of the enemy'—a direct reference to their return from captivity in Assyria and Babylon. This is a powerful assurance that national despair is not the final word.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The religious character of the restoration of the ten tribes. Chastisement brought repentance, and with it forgiveness; therefore God decrees their…
19th Century
Anglican
Your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord. —Literally, there-shall be a reward for your work. The words are a r…
Baptist
Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall …
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord, refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears Though sorro…
He who scattered Israel knows where to find them. It is comforting to observe the goodness of the Lord in the gifts of providence.
But our s…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here the consolation of the nations is given.
He introduces the weeping of a mother: Rachel, who was the mother…