Matthew 2:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 2:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 2:17 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and woul..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 2:17 — KJV
“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.”
— Matthew 2:17 (KJV)
Matthew 2:17 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 2:17
“Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 2:17: rama, voice, heard
“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 2:17: voice, children, would
“A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 2:17: voice, heard, weeping
“For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. habitations: or, pastures burned up: or, desolate both...: Heb. from the fowl even to, etc”
Shares key themes with Matthew 2:17: voice, lamentation, weeping
“For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 2:17: voice, heard, great
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