Verse 15

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.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 40:1 : 1 The word that came to emiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of usalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
  • Jer 10:20 : 20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none 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 unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
  • Gen 42:13 : 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the younst is this day with our father, and one is not.
  • Josh 18:25 : 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
  • Gen 35:19 : 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
  • Ps 77:2 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
  • Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
  • Lam 5:7 : 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
  • Ezek 2:10 : 10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
  • Matt 2:16-18 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, 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 Jeremy the prophet, saying, 18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
  • Gen 5:24 : 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
  • 1 Sam 7:17 : 17 And his return was 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 dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
  • Ps 37:36 : 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.