lCited Matt. 2:18
Job 7:8
8 aThe eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;while your eyes are on me, bI shall be gone.
Proverbs 12:7
7 cThe wicked are doverthrown and are no more,ebut the house of the righteous will stand.
Isaiah 49:20-22
20 fThe children of your bereavementwill yet say in your ears:
g‘The place is too narrow for me;
make room for me to dwell in.’
21Then you will say in your heart:
‘Who has borne me these?
hI was bereaved and barren,
exiled and put away,
but who has brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone;
from where have these come?’”
22 Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
iand raise my signal to the peoples;
jand they shall bring your sons in their arms, ▼
▼Hebrew in their bosom
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
Jeremiah 31:15
15 Thus says the Lord:l“A voice is heard in mRamah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
nRachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
obecause they are no more.”
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