13 Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance,both young men and old together;for I will turn their mourning into joy,and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14 I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness,says the Lord.
15 Thus says the Lord: A voice is 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: Keep your voice from weepingand 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 for your future,says the Lord,that your children will come back to their own border.
18 I have surely heard Ephraim pleading:“You have chastised me,and I was chastised, as an untrained calf;turn me back and I will be turned,for you are the Lord my God.
19 Surely after I turned back,I repented;and after I was instructed,I struck myself on my thigh;I was ashamed and even humiliatedbecause I bore the reproach of my youth.”