Jeremiah 31:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

A

Ezekiel 2:10

Matthew 2:16

Refused

Genesis 37:35

Psalm 77:2

Isaiah 22:4

Because

General references

Genesis 37:30

Exodus 11:6

Bible References

A

When He spread it out before me, it was written on the front and back, and written on it were lamentations, mourning and woe.

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.

Refused

Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;

In the night my hand was stretched out without weariness;

My soul refused to be comforted.

Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me,
Let me weep bitterly,
Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Because

But they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive.”

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”

Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.

Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is we who have borne their iniquities.

General references

He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?”

Moreover, there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again.