Matthew 2:18

KOL BRAMAH NISHMAH + 2:18 Jer 31:14 (A voice was heard in Ramah), + 2:18 15 a voice of bitter weeping and mourning. Rachel is crying for her yeladim; she refuses to be comforted, because they are no more.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

In Context

17Then came the fulfillment of what was spoken through Yirmeyah HaNavi:

19When Herod died, hinei, in Eretz Mitzrayim a malach Hashem appeared to Yosef + 2:19 ben Dovid in a chalom (dream),

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Cross References

Genesis 35:16And they journeyed from Beit-El; and there was still a space of ha'aretz to get to Ephratah; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

Genesis 37:33And he recognized it, and said, It is the kesones beni; a chayyah ra'ah hath devoured him; Yosef is without doubt torn in pieces.

Job 14:10But gever dieth, and wasteth away; 1 yea, adam breathes his last, and where is he? 1

Jeremiah 9:17And let them make haste, 1 and take up a nehi (lamentation) for us, 1 that our eyes may run down with dimah (tears), 1 and our eyelids gush out with mayim. 1

Ezekiel 2:10And He unrolled the megillah before me; and it was written on front and back: and there was written therein 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 →

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