Matthew 2:18

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they were no more. [Jer. 31:15.]

Cross References

Genesis 37:30

He rejoined his brothers and said, The boy is not there! And I, where shall I go [to hide from my father]?

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me! Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you would take Benjamin from me. All these things are against me!

Job 14:10

But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie prostrate; yes, man breathes his last, and where is he?

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. [Matt. 2:18.]

Jeremiah 4:31

For I have heard a cry as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of one who brings forth her first child–the cry of the Daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! I am fainting before the murderers.

Ezekiel 2:10

And He spread it before me and it was written within and on the back, and written on it were words of lamentation and mourning and woe.

Matthew 2:17

Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

Luke 8:52

And all were weeping for and bewailing her; but He said, Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.

Revelation 8:13

Then I [looked and I] saw a solitary eagle flying in midheaven, and as it flew I heard it crying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the rest of the trumpet blasts which the three angels are about to sound!