Cross references
Matthew 2:18
“A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.”
- a Jeremiah 31:15
Matthew 2:18 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 31:15 (96 votes) and Jeremiah 9:17–21 (10 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 5 to Revelation 8.
Which verses does Matthew 2:18 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Jeremiah 31:1596 votes
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- Jeremiah 9:17–2110 votes
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water. …
- Jeremiah 4:319 votes
For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”
- Genesis 35:16–205 votes
Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.” …
- Ezekiel 2:103 votes
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
- Genesis 37:302 votes
returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
- Genesis 37:33–351 vote
His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!” Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days. …
- Genesis 42:361 vote
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
- Job 14:101 vote
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
- Revelation 8:131 vote
And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”
Which verses point to Matthew 2:18?
The 10 strongest of 11.