18 A voice was heard in Ramah,

weeping,[a] and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
and she refused to be consoled,
because they are no more.[b](A)

The Return to Nazareth

19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,(B) 20 saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, because those who intended to kill the child are dead.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2:18 Other mss read Ramah, lamentation, and weeping,
  2. 2:18 Jr 31:15

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