Jeremiah 31:16
“Thus saith the Lord; Refraine thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from teares: for thy worke shall be rewarded, saith the Lord, and they shall come againe from the land of the enemie.”
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Jeremiah 31:16 Context
14And I will satiate the soule of the priests with fatnesse, and my people shall be satisfied with goodnesse, saith the Lord. 15¶ Thus saith the Lord; A voyce was heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping: Rahel weeping for her children, refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. 16Thus saith the Lord; Refraine thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from teares: for thy worke shall be rewarded, saith the Lord, and they shall come againe from the land of the enemie. 17And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come againe to their owne border. 18¶ I haue surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himselfe thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullocke vnaccustomed to the yoke: turne thou me, and I shall be turned; thou art the Lord my God.
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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 come again from the land of the enemy.
- King James Version
Thus says the LORD, "Restrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears; For your work will be rewarded, declares the LORD, "And they will return from the land of the enemy."
- New American Standard Version (1995)