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Matthew 2:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.” "
Matthew 2:18
Verse in Context
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16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
17 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”
19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
20 “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”
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Matthew 2:1
"Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,"
Matthew 2:2
"“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”"
Matthew 2:3
"When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him."
Matthew 2:4
"Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born."
Matthew 2:5
"They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,"
Matthew 2:6
"‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah; for out of you shall come a governor who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’”"
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