Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Note Cited in Matthew 2:18
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.
The Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
Thus saith Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- A.
- Ezekiel 2:10; Matthew 2:16
- Ramah
- Jeremiah 40:1; Joshua 18:25; 1 Samuel 7:17; Matthew 2:18
- refused
- Genesis 37:35; Psalm 77:2; Isaiah 22:4
- because
- Genesis 42:13, 36; Job 7:21; Psalm 37:36; Lamentations 5:7