¹⁸ “A ·voice [cry; sound] was heard in Ramah [^Cthe sending point from which the Jews went into exile to Babylon; Jer. 40:1]
    ·of painful crying [weeping] and ·deep sadness [great mourning/lamentation]:
Rachel ·crying [weeping] for her children.
    She refused to be comforted,
    because ·her children are dead [^Lthey are no more; Jer. 31:15].”