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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Ezekiel 2:10
He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.
Matthew 2:16
When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
Refused
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. "No," he said, "I will go to the grave mourning my son." So Joseph's father wept for him.
Psalm 77:2
In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.
Isaiah 22:4
So I say: "Don't look at me! I am weeping bitterly. Don't try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people."
Because
Genesis 42:13
They replied, "Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive."
Job 7:21
And why 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 diligently, but I will be gone."
Psalm 37:36
But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.
Lamentations 5:7
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.
General references
Genesis 37:30
returned to his brothers, and said, "The boy isn't there! And I, where can I go?"
Exodus 11:6
There will be a great cry throughout the whole land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.