081. A Voice Of Weeping And Supplication From Rachel.

A Voice Of Weeping And Supplication From Rachel.

Rachel’s Supplication, as recorded.—Jeremiah 31:15. The Lord’s Answer.—Jeremiah 31:16-17.

Rachel was the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, and a large proportion of her descendants now inhabited Israel; the prophet in a figure represents her as rising from her grave, which was in Ramah, or between it and Bethlehem, and weeping over the desolation made among her descendants. The Lord in his answer promises that those who are scattered shall finally return, and that her labor in rearing them shall eventually be rewarded.