Matthew 2:16-18
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16 Then tote Herod hērōdēs, when he saw that hoti he had been tricked empaizō by hypo the ho wise magos men , became furious thumoō; and kai he sent apostellō and killed anaireō all pas the ho male pais children · ho in en Bethlehem Bēthleem and kai in en all pas · ho her autos regions horion who were two years old dietēs or kai under katōterō, according kata to the ho time chronos that hos he had determined akriboō from para the ho wise magos men . 17 Then tote was fulfilled plēroō what ho was spoken legō by dia the ho prophet prophētēs Jeremiah Ieremias: 18 “A voice phōnē was heard akouō in en Ramah Rhama, weeping klauthmos and kai loud polys lamentation odyrmos, Rachel Rhachēl weeping klaiō for · ho her autos children teknon; · kai she refused ou to be comforted parakaleō, because hoti they were eimi no ou more .”
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Matthew 2:16-18
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Herod Slaughters the Babies
16 Then Herod, when he realized that he had been tricked by the magi, was extremely angry, and he sent [soldiers] and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that area who were two years old and under, according to the date which he had learned from the magi. 17 Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:
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“A voice was heard in [a]Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
[b]Rachel weeping for her children;
She refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more.”(A)
Footnotes
- Matthew 2:18 Ramah was located five miles north of Jerusalem, this city was a staging point for the deportation of Jews to Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar in 586 b.c.
- Matthew 2:18 A reference to Jacob’s (Israel’s) wife Rachel as the mother of the children of Israel. Here, her grief over the slaughter of babies by Herod parallels the grief of Israel when they were conquered and deported by the Babylonians. The image is that of Rachel weeping for the children of Israel from her grave. Matthew takes Jeremiah’s words, which originally referred to grief over Babylonian captivity, and applies them to Herod’s slaughter of the babies.
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