# Jeremiah 31.16 **Book:** [Jeremiah](/codex/jeremiah/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 14. And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah. 15. Thus saith Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not. > > **16. Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.** > > 17. And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah; and thy children shall come again to their own border. 18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. (Jeremiah 31:14-18, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 14. I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness,” says Yahweh. 15. Yahweh says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” > > **16. Yahweh says: “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.** > > 17. There is hope for your latter end,” says Yahweh; “and your children shall come again to their own border. 18. “I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are Yahweh my God. (Jeremiah 31:14-18, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 14. And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. 15. Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. > > **16. 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.** > > 17. And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. 18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. (Jeremiah 31:14-18, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 14. And satisfied the soul of the priests [with] fatness, And My people with My goodness are satisfied, An affirmation of Jehovah. 15. Thus said Jehovah, A voice in Ramah is heard, wailing, weeping most bitter, Rachel is weeping for her sons, She hath refused to be comforted for her sons, because they are not. > > **16. Thus said Jehovah: Withhold thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, For there is a reward for thy work, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have turned back from the land of the enemy.** > > 17. And there is hope for thy latter end, An affirmation of Jehovah, And the sons have turned back [to] their border. 18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, 'Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou [art] Jehovah my God. (Jeremiah 31:14-18, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Failed Messianic Prophecy Objections](/codex/failed-messianic-prophecy-objections/), via [Jeremiah 31.16-17](/codex/jeremiah-31-16-17/) - [NT Use of OT](/codex/nt-use-of-ot/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). 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See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.