## A voice is heard in Ramah ##

AT: "I hear a voice in Ramah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## It is Rachel weeping for her children ##

Here "Rachael" refers to the women of Israel who are crying over their children. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## She refuses to be comforted over them, for they live no longer ##

AT: "She will not let anyone comfort her, for her children are dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])