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Matthew 2:18

Matt.2.18

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“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Matthew 2:18 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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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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