Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 31:15 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Jeremiah 31:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Jeremiah 31:15 (KJV)
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Commentary on 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. This haunting verse captures national grief through the image of Rachel, ancestral mother of Joseph and Benjamin, weeping for her descendants. Ramah was the assembly point where Babylonians gathered captives before deportation (Jeremiah 40:1), located near Rachel's tomb (1 Samuel 10:2). Lamentation (nehi, נְהִי) and bitter weeping (bekhi, בְּכִי) convey inconsolable mourning.Rahel weeping for her children personifies t...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 31:15
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“when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men”
“after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah”
“and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.”
“Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don't labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.,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., עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי שְׁעוּ מִנִּי אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּכִי אַל־תָּאִיצוּ לְנַחֲמֵנִי עַל־שֹׁד בַּת־עַמִּי׃ ,Therefore said I: Look away from me”
“and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me”
“but he refused to be comforted. He said”
“and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).”
“their father”
“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 is no more.”
“and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.”