Jeremiah 31:16

The Lord says to her, ¹  “Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears! ²  For your heartfelt repentance ³  will be rewarded. Your children will return from the land of the enemy. I, the Lord, affirm it! ⁴ 

Ge 43:31; Ge 45:1; Ru 2:12; 2Ch 15:7; Ezr 1:5-11; Ps 30:5; Ec 9:7; Jer 23:3; Jer 29:14; Jer 30:3,18; Jer 31:4,5; Jer 33:7,11; Eze 11:17,18; Eze 20:41,42; Ho 1:11; Mr 5:38,39; Joh 20:13-15; 1Th 4:14; Heb 6:10; Heb 11:6

¹ tn The words “to her” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “Refrain your voice from crying and your eyes from tears.”

³ tn Heb “your work.” Contextually her “work” refers to her weeping and refusing to be comforted, that is, signs of genuine repentance (v. 15).

⁴ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”