Jer 31:15-17 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 31:15-40: 31:15-40 The Lord expanded on his future project of rebuilding a new nation out of a people who had suffered greatly during their lengthy captivity. 31:15 Rachel , Jacob’s favorite wife, was the mother of Joseph (father of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh in the northern kingdom) and Benjamin (whose descendants were in the southern kingdom). She represented the mothers in all Israel whose children were taken into exile. • Matthew 2:18 quotes this verse in relation to the slaughter of the young boys in Bethlehem.

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‏ Jeremiah 31:15-17

Summary for Jer 31:15-40: 31:15-40 ^a The Lord expanded on his future project of rebuilding a new nation out of a people who had suffered greatly during their lengthy captivity. 31:15 ^b Rachel, Jacob’s favorite wife, was the mother of Joseph (father of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh in the northern kingdom) and Benjamin (whose descendants were in the southern kingdom). She represented the mothers in all Israel whose children were taken into exile.

• Matthew 2:18 ^c quotes this verse in relation to the slaughter of the young boys in Bethlehem.
Summary for Jer 31:16-17: 31:16-17 ^d Rachel should not weep, because the Lord promised to bring her exiled children out of captivity and back to their own land.