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Matthew 2:18

Matt.2.18

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“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Matthew 2:18 English Standard Version (ESV)Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated into any other language.

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  1. Matthew 2:18 quotes Jeremiah 31:15

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    Matthew quotes Jeremiah's picture of Rachel weeping for her children to describe the grief of Bethlehem after Herod's killing of the boys.

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    • Jeremiah's context is the exile: In Jeremiah the weeping is for the exiles led away from Ramah, and the chapter goes on to promise their return. Matthew's use evokes both the grief and the hope of that chapter.

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