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 spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned 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. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." His father wept for him.
Psalm 77:2
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, "Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don't labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Because
Genesis 42:13
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 disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
Psalm 37:36
But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.
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Genesis 37:30
He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?"
Exodus 11:6
There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall be any more.