Matthew 2:18
A voice, in Ramah, was heard, weeping and great mourning,—Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted,—because they are not.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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! a messenger of the Lord, appeareth by dream unto Joseph in Egypt;
Cross References
Genesis 35:16Then brake they up from Beth-el, and it came to pass when there was yet a stretch of country, to enter into Ephrath, that Rachel was in childbirth, and had hard-labour in her child-birth.
Genesis 37:33So he examined it, and said—The tunic of my son! A cruel beast hath devoured him,—torn in pieces—torn in pieces, is Joseph!
Job 14:10Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?
Jeremiah 9:17Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Consider ye diligently and call for the wailing women that they may come,—And unto the wise women, send ye, that they may come;
Ezekiel 2:10and he spread it out before me, and, it was written on the front and the back,—and there were written thereon, lamentation and sighing, and wailing.
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 →