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

And he rolled it out {before me}, and it [was] written [on the] front and back, and there [were] written on it laments and mourning and wailing.

Then Herod, [when he] saw that he had been deceived by the wise men, became very angry, and he sent [soldiers] [and] executed all the children in Bethlehem and in all the region [around] it from [the age of] two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined precisely from the wise men.

Refused

And all his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he refused to be consoled. And he said, "No, I shall go down to my son, to Sheol, mourning." And his father wept for him.

In the day I [have] trouble, I seek the Lord. At night my hand stretches out {continually}; my soul refuses to be comforted.

Therefore I said, "Look away from me, let me {weep bitterly}; you must not insist on comforting me for the destruction of the daughter of my people."

Because

Then they said, "We, your servants, [are] twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, but behold, the youngest [is] with our father today, and one is no more."

And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my guilt? For now I shall lie in the dust, and you will seek me, but {I will be no more}."

Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.

Our fathers have sinned, they are no more; we bear their iniquity.

General references

And he returned to his brothers and said, "The boy {is gone}! Now I, {what can I do}?"

And there will be a great cry of distress in all the land of Egypt, the like of which has not been nor will be again.