KJV King James Version
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.
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Jeremiah 31:15
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh: 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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah, A voice in Ramah is heard, wailing, weeping most bitter, Rachel is weeping for her sons, She hath refused to be comforted for her sons, because they are not.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 31
12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
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.
16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כֹּ֣ה׀H3541 · kohthusאָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDק֣וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceבְּרָמָ֤הH7414 · ra.mahRamahנִשְׁמָע֙H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearנְהִי֙H5092 · ne.hiwailingבְּכִ֣יH1065 · be.khiweepingתַמְרוּרִ֔יםH8563 · tam.rurbitternessרָחֵ֖לH7354 · ra.chelRachelמְבַכָּ֣הH1058 · ba.khahto weepעַל־H5921 · aluponבָּנֶ֑יהָH1121 · benson: childמֵאֲנָ֛הH3985 · ma.ento refuseלְהִנָּחֵ֥םH5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortעַל־H5921 · aluponבָּנֶ֖יהָH1121 · benson: childכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ סH369 · a.yinnothing
Cross-references
Matthew 2:16-18Then 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.Psalm 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.Jeremiah 40:1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan 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 Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.Isaiah 22:4Therefore 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.Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.Jeremiah 10:20My 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.Genesis 37:35And 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.Genesis 42:13And they said, Thy servants [are] twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest [is] this day with our father, and one [is] not.Genesis 42:36And 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.Lamentations 5:7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.Ezekiel 2:10And he spread it before me; and it [was] written within and without: and [there was] written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.Genesis 5:24And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.Psalm 37:36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.Joshua 18:25Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,1 Samuel 7:17And 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 7:21And 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].
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