Matthew 2:18
A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children. And she did not want to be comforted, because they are not.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, which says,
19But when Herod perished, behold, an agent of Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 35:16And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
Genesis 37:33And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat. An evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.
Job 14:10But man dies, and is laid low. Yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Jeremiah 9:17Thus says LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come.
Ezekiel 2:10And he spread it before me, and it was written inside and outside. And there were written in it lamentations and mourning and woe.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:17-19
The Slaughter of the Children. 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, 18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not… Read the whole commentary →