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Matthew 2:18-20
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Matthew 2:18-20
The Message
16-18 Herod, when he realized that the scholars had tricked him, flew into a rage. He commanded the murder of every little boy two years old and under who lived in Bethlehem and its surrounding hills. (He determined that age from information he’d gotten from the scholars.) That’s when Jeremiah’s revelation was fulfilled:
A sound was heard in Ramah,
weeping and much lament.
Rachel weeping for her children,
Rachel refusing all solace,
Her children gone,
dead and buried.
19-20 Later, when Herod died, God’s angel appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt: “Up, take the child and his mother and return to Israel. All those out to murder the child are dead.”
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Matthew 2:18-20
New International Version
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)
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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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