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.
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Ezekiel 2:10
And he put it open before me, and it had writing on the front and on the back; words of grief and sorrow and trouble were recorded in it.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.
Refused
Genesis 37:35
And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.
Psalm 77:2
In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.
Isaiah 22:4
For this cause I have said, Let your eyes be turned away from me in my bitter weeping; I will not be comforted for the wasting of the daughter of my people.
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Genesis 42:13
Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.
Job 7:21
And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.
Psalm 37:36
But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers were sinners and are dead; and the weight of their evil-doing is on us.
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Genesis 37:30
He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
Exodus 11:6
And there will be a great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as never has been or will be again.