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.
Refused
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Bible References
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Ezekiel 2:10
And he spread it before me. And it had writing on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
Refused
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him.
Psalm 77:2
In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.
Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said: "Look away from me; let me weep bitter tears; do not labor to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people."
Because
Genesis 42:13
And they said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."
Job 7:21
Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be."
Psalm 37:36
But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
General references
Genesis 37:30
and returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?"
Exodus 11:6
There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.