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17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

18 `A voice in Ramah was heard -- lamentation and weeping and much mourning -- Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.'

19 And Herod having died, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream doth appear to Joseph in Egypt,

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17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:(A)

18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
    weeping and great mourning,
Rachel(B) weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,
    because they are no more.”[a](C)

The Return to Nazareth

19 After Herod died, an angel(D) of the Lord appeared in a dream(E) to Joseph in Egypt

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:18 Jer. 31:15