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35 All his sons and all his daughters sought to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father bewailed him.(A)

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35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him,(A) but he refused to be comforted.(B) “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son(C) in the grave.(D)” So his father wept for him.

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In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
    in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
    my soul refuses to be comforted.(A)

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When I was in distress,(A) I sought the Lord;
    at night(B) I stretched out untiring hands,(C)
    and I would not be comforted.(D)

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20 My tent is destroyed,
    and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
    and they are no more;
there is no one to spread my tent again
    and to set up my curtains.(A)

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20 My tent(A) is destroyed;
    all its ropes are snapped.
My children are gone from me and are no more;(B)
    no one is left now to pitch my tent
    or to set up my shelter.

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17 Then what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

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17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:(A)

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18 “A voice was heard in Ramah,
    wailing and loud lamentation,
Rachel weeping for her children;
    she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.”(A)

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18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
    weeping and great mourning,
Rachel(A) weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,
    because they are no more.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:18 Jer. 31:15