Matthew 2:18
“A voice in Ramah was heard—weeping and much mourning—Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
19And Herod having died, behold, a messenger of the LORD appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Cross References
Genesis 35:16And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a distance of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel bears, and is sharply pained in her bearing;
Genesis 37:33And he discerns it and says, “My son’s coat! An evil beast has devoured him; torn—Joseph is torn!”
Job 14:10And a man dies, and becomes weak, || And man expires, and where [is] he?
Jeremiah 9:17Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Consider, and call for mourning women, || And they come, || And send to the wise women, || And they come,
Ezekiel 2:10and He spreads it before me, and it is written in front and behind, and written on it [are] 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 →