“A voice was heard in Ramah [^Ca place from which God’s people were deported into exile; 40:1; Matt. 2:18]
    of ·painful crying [lamentation] and ·deep sadness [^Lbitter weeping]:
Rachel crying for her children [^Cthe Israelites].
    She refused to be comforted,
    because her children are ·dead [^Lno more]!”