Matthew 2:18-20
Legacy Standard Bible
18 “(A)A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
And she was refusing to be comforted,
Because they were no more.”
19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the [a]Lord *(B)appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 20 “Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.”
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- Matthew 2:19 In OT, Yahweh, cf. 2 Kin 1:3
Matthew 2:18-20
New International Version
18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel(A) weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.”[a](B)
The Return to Nazareth
19 After Herod died, an angel(C) of the Lord appeared in a dream(D) to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”(E)
Footnotes
- Matthew 2:18 Jer. 31:15
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