Jeremiah 31:16

“Thus saith the Lord, refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, etc.] Though sorrow on such an occasion may be lawfully indulged, yet it ought to be moderated; and attention should be given to those things which may serve to relieve under it, and especially when they come from the Lord himself; then a stop is to be put to the mournful voice, and wet eyes are to be dried up: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; in bearing these children, and bringing them into the world, and expressing such an affectionate and tender concern for them; signifying, that the trouble of bearing and bringing them into the world, and nursing them the time they did live, should not, as it…”

“thy work--thy parental weeping for thy children [ROSENMULLER]. Thine affliction in the loss of thy children, murdered for Christ's sake, shall not be fruitless to thee, as was the case in thy giving birth to the "child of thy sorrow," Benjamin. Primarily, also, thy grief shall not be perpetual: the exiles shall return, and the land be inhabited again [CALVIN]. come again-- (Hos 1:11).”

“The religious character of the restoration of the ten tribes. Chastisement brought repentance, and with it forgiveness; therefore God decrees their restoration. Jeremiah 31:15 Ramah, mentioned because of its nearness to Jerusalem, from which it was distant about five miles. As the mother of three tribes, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, Rachel is regarded as the mother of the whole ten. This passage is quoted by Matthew (marginal reference) as a type. In Jeremiah it is a poetical figure representing in a dramatic form the miserable condition of the kingdom of Ephraim devastated by the sword of the Assyrians. Jeremiah 31:16 Rachel’s work had been that of bearing and bringing up children, and…”

“31:16-17 Rachel should not weep, because the Lord promised to bring her exiled children out of captivity and back to their own land.”

“Refrain: Gen 43:31, Gen 45:1; Psa 30:5; Mar 5:38, Mar 5:39; Joh 20:13-15; Th1 4:14 for: Rut 2:12; Ch2 15:7; Ecc 9:7; Heb 6:10, Heb 11:6 they: Jer 31:4, Jer 31:5, Jer 23:3, Jer 29:14, Jer 30:3, Jer 30:18, Jer 33:7, Jer 33:11; Ezr 1:5-11; Eze 11:17, Eze 11:18; Eze 20:41, Eze 20:42; Hos 1:11 Jeremiah 31:17”