| Thomas Belsham - Bible - 1808 - 656 pages
...spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, " A voice was heard in Ramah, [wailing, atuf] weeping, and great lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they were not." 19 But, when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord 20 appeareth in a dream to Joseph... | |
| Bible - 1809 - 658 pages
...spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, « A voice was heard in Ramah, [wailing, and] weeping, and great lamentation ; Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they were not." r MATTHEW II. III. 5 19 But, when Herod was dead, behold, au angel of the Lord 20 appeareth... | |
| John Brown - 1810 - 722 pages
...Zelzah, a little north of Bethlehem, have been related in the article JACOB. The voice heard in Ramah, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted because they were not to be found in life, signifies, that at the Chaldean captivity, and when the babes of Bethlehem... | |
| Robert Hall - Baptists - 1814 - 312 pages
...suffering ; her heart, withered and desolate, admits no other object, cherishes no other hope. It is Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are not. But, to confine our attention to the number of tha slain, would give us a very inadequate idea... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1818 - 376 pages
...tragedy of that day, when " in Rama a voice was heard, lamentation and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are not." By aiming at too much, the tyrant misses his aim altogether. The vigor of his pursuit exerted... | |
| Conduct, George Nicholson - 1819 - 282 pages
...Buffering. Her heart withered and desolate, admits no other object, cherishes no other hope. It is Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are not." — Hall's Reflect, on War. " Transport yourselves but in imagination, for one moment, into the... | |
| Missions - 1823 - 408 pages
...The Maltese, unaccustomed to restrain their f«elings, lifted up their voices and wept aloud — " Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they were not." Some parents, when they found their children alive, became frantic with joy, while others,... | |
| Henry Kollock - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 442 pages
...dissolve into tears. " In Rama there was a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning. Rachel, weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are not." It would be difficult to find a figure more beautiful and interesting. The circumstances of Rachel's... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...suffering ; her heart, withered and desolate, admits no other object, cherishes no other hope. It is Rachel, weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are not. But, to confine our attention to the number of the slain would give us a very inadequate idea... | |
| John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...suffering ; her heart, withered and desolate, admits no other object, cherishes no other hope. It is Rachel, weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are not. 3. But to confine our attention to the number of slain would give us a very inadequate idea of... | |
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