Matthew 2:17-18 - Exposition

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by ( διά ) Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not ( Jeremiah 31:15 , from the Hebrew). Notice:

(a) The order in the Revised Version. A voice was heard in Ramah is more literal; the stress is on the cry rather than on the place.

(b) Lamentation and must be omitted, with the Revised Version, as a mere addition from the LXX .

(c) And would not. The Revised Version, and she would not , seems to be an attempt to express the full term, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν κ .τ.λ. . (cf. Genesis 37:35 ).