Jeremiah 31:15-17

God hears our prayers for our children and He alone has the power to draw them near to Him. He understands and feels our sorrow and all things are possible to those who place their hope in Him alone.


Rachel was the mother of the northern Israelite tribes of Benjamin and Joseph, whose sons were Ephraim and Manasseh. Rachel’s bitter weeping was caused by the exile and captivity of her children. She refused to be comforted in her sorrow and loss. Hope describes a faith that waits expectantly for God’s redemptive and eternal blessing. Ephraim would be restored to its God-ordained territories.


Jeremiah 31:15-17

15 Thus says the Lord:

“A voice was heard in Ramah,

Lamentation and bitter weeping,

Rachel weeping for her children,


Refusing to be comforted for her children,

Because they are no more.”

16 Thus says the Lord:

“Refrain your voice from weeping,

And your eyes from tears;

For your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord,

And they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

17 There is hope in your future, says the Lord,


That your children shall come back to their own border.