Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel’s Grave to this day.

who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they find the grave?

Their graves are located in the remote slopes of the pit. Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living.

Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people.

And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,

You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.

My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.

Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

“Assyria is there with all her assembly around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword.

Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.

I should have been as though I had never existed; I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave!

They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields, or the body of someone who died of natural causes, or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days.

The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

They intended to bury him with criminals, but he ended up in a rich man’s tomb, because he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.

For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever.

“Meshech-Tubal is there, along with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for they spread their terror in the land of the living.

Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”

So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too.