Jeremiah 31:15
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15 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“A voice is heard in (B)Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
(C)Rachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
(D)because they are no more.”
Matthew 2:16-18
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Herod Kills the Children
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. 17 (A)Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
18 (B)“A voice was heard in Ramah,
weeping and loud lamentation,
Rachel weeping for her children;
she refused to be comforted, because they (C)are no more.”
Jeremiah 40:1
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Jeremiah Remains in Judah
40 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord (A)after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from (B)Ramah, when he took him (C)bound in chains along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
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Psalm 77:2
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2 (A)In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in (B)the night my (C)hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul (D)refuses to be comforted.
Jeremiah 10:20
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20 (A)My tent is destroyed,
and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
(B)and they are not;
there is no one to spread my tent again
and (C)to set up my curtains.
Genesis 42:13
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13 And 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 (A)is no more.”
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Genesis 37:35
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35 All his sons and all his daughters (A)rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, (B)I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
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Genesis 35:19
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19 So (A)Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to (B)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
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Lamentations 5:7
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7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
(A)and we bear their iniquities.
Isaiah 22:4
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4 Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
(A)let me weep bitter tears;
do not labor to comfort me
concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Genesis 42:36
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36 And Jacob their father said to them, “You have (A)bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.”
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Ezekiel 2:10
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10 And he spread it before me. And it had writing (A)on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.
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Psalm 37:36
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36 But he passed away,[a] and behold, (A)he was no more;
though I sought him, he could not be found.
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- Psalm 37:36 Or But one passed by
Job 7:21
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21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in (A)the earth;
you will (B)seek me, (C)but I shall not be.”
1 Samuel 7:17
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17 Then he would return to (A)Ramah, for his home was there, and there also he judged Israel. (B)And he built there an altar to the Lord.
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Joshua 18:25
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25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
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Genesis 5:24
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24 Enoch (A)walked with God, and he was not,[a] (B)for God took him.
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- Genesis 5:24 Septuagint was not found
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