Jeremiah 31:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

Thus says the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

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  • Jer 40:1 : 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains among all who were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, who were taken captive to Babylon.
  • Jer 10:20 : 20 My tent is ruined, and all my cords are broken: my children have gone from me, and they are no more: there is no one to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
  • Gen 37:35 : 35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave mourning my son. Thus his father wept for him.
  • Gen 42:13 : 13 And they said, 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.
  • Josh 18:25 : 25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
  • Gen 35:19 : 19 And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
  • Ps 77:2 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my hand was stretched out in the night and did not rest; my soul refused to be comforted.
  • Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore I said, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, do not labor to comfort me, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  • Lam 5:7 : 7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we have borne their iniquities.
  • Ezek 2:10 : 10 And he spread it before me; and it was written on the inside and on the outside: and there was written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
  • Matt 2:16-18 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all its coasts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 18 In Ramah there was a voice heard, lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were no more.
  • Gen 5:24 : 24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
  • 1 Sam 7:17 : 17 And he returned to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
  • Job 7:21 : 21 And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
  • Ps 37:36 : 36 Yet he passed away, and indeed, he was no more; yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

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    17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

    18In Ramah there was a voice heard, lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were no more.

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    16Thus says the LORD; Restrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears: for your work shall be rewarded, says the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

    17And there is hope in your future, says the LORD, that your children shall come again to their own border.

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    16For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

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    14And I will satisfy the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the LORD.

  • Jer 16:3
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    3For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who begot them in this land:

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    5For thus says the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

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    4And I will not have mercy on her children; for they are the children of whoredoms.

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