Monday in Christmas

15Verse 15. This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” 16Verse 16. This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy. 17Verse 17. So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land. 18Verse 18. I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God. 19Verse 19. After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’ 20Verse 20. Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” 21Verse 21. “Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours. 22Verse 22. How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.”

41Verse 41. As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it 42Verse 42. and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. 43Verse 43. For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. 44Verse 44. They will level you to the ground — you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God. ”