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NASB					Matt 2:18 "^AA VOICE⁵⁴⁵⁶ WAS HEARD¹⁹¹ IN RAMAH⁴⁴⁷¹, WEEPING²⁸⁰⁵ AND GREAT⁴¹⁸³ MOURNING³⁶⁰², RACHEL⁴⁴⁷⁸ WEEPING²⁸⁰⁵ FOR HER CHILDREN⁵⁰⁴³; AND SHE REFUSED³⁷⁵⁶^,²³⁰⁹ TO BE COMFORTED³⁸⁷⁰, BECAUSE³⁷⁵⁴ THEY WERE NO³⁷⁵⁶ MORE."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 2:18 "A VOICE WAS HEARD IN ¹RAMAH, WEEPING AND GREAT MOURNING, ²RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN; SHE REFUSED TO BE COMFORTED, BECAUSE THEY WERE NO MORE." [Jer 31:15]

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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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.

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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Jer 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."

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Greek Heb.

191

akouô; from a prim. word mean. hearing; to hear, listen:--come to...ears(1), every(1), give heed(2), grant(1), hear(115), heard(216), hearers(1), hearing(24), hears(21), heed(2), listen(24), listened(1), listeners(1), listening(14), listens(5), reached(1), reported(1), understand(1), understands(1).

2309

thelô; a prim. vb.; to will, wish:--am...willing(1), am willing(3), delighting(1), delights(1), desire(14), desired(4), desires(4), desiring(2), intended(1), intending(1), like(3), maintain(1), mean(1), mean*(2), please(1), purposed(1), refused*(1), unwilling*(11), want(52), wanted(15), wanting(3), wants(8), will(5), willed(1), willing(15), wills(4), wish(24), wished(7), wishes(16), wishing(4), would(1).

2805

klauthmos; from 2799; weeping:--weep(1), weeping(9).

3602

odurmos; from oduromai (to lament); lamentation:--mourning(2).

3754

hoti; conjunc. from neut. of 3748; that, because:--because(212), fact(3), how(2), saying(1), since(10), so(1), then(1), though(1), what(1).

3756

ou,
ouk,
ouch; a prim. word; not, no:--all*(1), any the less(2), before*(1), cannot(1), cannot*(49), certainly*(1), ever*(3), except(1), failed(1), few*(1), great*(1), greatly*(1), impossible*(1), incessantly*(1), kept...a virgin*(1), kept right*(1), long*(1), neither(2), neither*(3), never(6), never*(17), no(147), no*(22), none(4), none*(3), nor(3), nothing(8), nothing*(13), nowhere*(2), number(1), number*(2), only*(5), rather(2), rather than(1), refrain(1), refused*(1), than*(2), unable*(6), unaware*(3), unwilling*(12), unworthy*(1), virgin*(1), without(2), without*(6).

3870

parakaleô; from 3844 and 2564; to call to or for, to exhort, to encourage:--appeal(4), appealed(1), appealing(2), beg(1), begging(2), beseeching(1), comfort(5), comforted(11), comforts(2), conciliate(1), encourage(6), encouraged(4), encouraging(3), entreat(1), exhort(8), exhortation*(1), exhortations(1), exhorted(2), exhorting(3), exhorts(1), given(1), implore(4), implored(9), imploring(5), invited(2), making an appeal(1), plead(1), pleaded(1), pleading(1), preach(1), requested(1), urge(17), urged(5), urging(1).

4183

polus; a prim. word; much, many:--all(3), better(1), deep(1), earnestly(3), enough(1), even more(1), few*(1), freely(1), full(1), further(1), further*(3), great(33), greater(4), greater numbers(1), greatly(5), hard(2), harshly(1), heartily(1), high price(1), large(30), large numbers(1), large sums(1), larger(1), late*(2), lengthy(1), long(5), longer(1), loudly(1), majority(3), many(181), many more(1), many people(1), many subjects(1), many things(17), many...things(4), more(25), more numerous(1), most(8), most people's(1), much(50), often(1), plentiful(2), quite(2), several(1), some(1), something greater(2), strict(1), terrible(1), very(1), very large(1), very long(1), very much(1).

4471

Rhama; of Heb. or. [7414]; Ramah, a city N. of Jer.:--Ramah(1).

4478

Rhachêl; of Heb. or. [7354]; Rachel, the wife of Jacob:--Rachel(1).

5043

teknon; from 5088; a child (of either sex):--child(13), children(76), children's(2), son(8), sons(1).

5456

phônê; prob. from 5346; a voice, sound:--blasts(1), cry(1), language(1), languages(1), outcry(1), sound(15), sounds(4), statement(1), tone(1), utterance(3), utterances(1), voice(102), voices(7).

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