...died for thee : O Absalom, my son, my son ! 2 Sam. xviii. 33. no, nor the anguish of Rachel, weening for her children, and refusing to be comforted because they are not, Matt. ii. 18. No, nothing is capable of conveying an idea of the condition to which the disciples were...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...with the bitterness of despair ; the aged parent, the widowed mother, loses, when she is deprived of her children, every thing but the capacity of suffering...not. But, to confine our attention to the number of tha slain, would give us a very inadequate idea of the ravages of the sword. The lot of those who perish...

...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 in one...

...widowed mother loses, when she isdeprived of her children, every thing but the capacity of Buffering. Her heart withered and desolate, admits no other object,...and refusing to be comforted, because they are not." — Hall's Reflect, on War. " Transport yourselves but in imagination, for one moment, into the field...

...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,...

...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...

...with the bitterness of despair ; the aged parent, the widowed mother, loses, when she is deprived of her children, every thing but the capacity of suffering...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 the...