Matthew 2:18
'A voice in Ramah was heard — lamentation and weeping and much mourning — Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
19And Herod having died, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream doth appear to Joseph in Egypt,
Cross References
Genesis 35:16And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing;
Genesis 37:33And he discerneth it, and saith, 'My son's coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn — torn is Joseph!'
Job 14:10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?
Jeremiah 9:17Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come,
Ezekiel 2:10and He spreadeth 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 →