Matthew 2:18
“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping, and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they were no more.”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
19But when Herod was dead, lo! an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Cross References
Job 14:10But man dieth, and he is gone! Man expireth, and where is he?
Jeremiah 9:17Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, And send to the skilful ones, that they may come;
Ezekiel 2:10And he spread it before me, and it was written within and without. And therein was written lamentation 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 →