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Matthew 2:18 KJV
Matthew · chapter 2 · verse 18
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.Matthew 2:18 · King James Version
Matthew 2:18 in context
16Then 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.
17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
18In 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.
19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
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Key words (Strong's)
- lamentationthrēnosa lamentationG2355 →
- mourningodyrmoswailing, lamentation, mourningG3602 →
- childrenteknonoffspring, children, child, a male child, a son, metaph., the name transferred to that…G5043 →
- weepingklauthmosweeping, lamentationG2805 →
- weepingklaiōto mourn, weep, lament, weeping as the sign of pain and grief for the thing signified…G2799 →
- RachelrhachēlRachel = " ewe or sheep" , the wife of JacobG4478 →
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Here is, I. Herod's resentment of the departure of the wise men. He waited long for their return; he hopes, though they be slow, they will be sure, and he shall crush this rival at his first appearing;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-18