Matthew 2:16-18
1599 Geneva Bible
16 ¶ Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the Wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male 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 searched out of the Wise men.
17 Then was that fulfilled which is spoken [a]by the Prophet Jeremiah, saying,
18 (A)In Ramah was [b]a voice heard, mourning, and weeping, and great howling: [c]Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were not.
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- Matthew 2:17 For God speaketh by the mouth of the Prophets.
- Matthew 2:18 A voice of lamenting, weeping, and howling.
- Matthew 2:18 That is to say, All that compass about Bethlehem: for Rachel Jacob’s wife, who died in childbirth, was buried in the way that leadeth to this town, which is also called Ephrathah, because of the fruitfulness of the soil, and plenty of corn.
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