John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15
Thus saith the Lord, a voice was heard in Ramah ,.... Which signifies a high place; hence the Targum paraphrases it, "in the high place of the world;' and so the Vulgate Latin version, "in a high place;' but it is here the proper name of a place, of a city in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:25 ; and this voice heard was not a voice of joy and gladness as before, but of lamentation and bitter weeping ; signifying great sorrow and distress upon some very extraordinary... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 31:10-17
This paragraph is much to the same purport with the last, publishing to the world, as well as to the church, the purposes of God's love concerning his people. This is a word of the Lord which the nations must hear, for it is a prophecy of a work of the Lord which the nations cannot but take notice of. Let them hear the prophecy, that they may the better understand and improve the performance; and let those that hear it themselves declare it to others, declare it in the isles afar off. It will... read more