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# General Information:
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The writer quotes the prophet Jeremiah to show that the death of all of the male children in the region of Bethlehem was according to scripture.
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# Then was fulfilled
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "This fulfilled" or "Herod's actions fulfilled" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "what the Lord spoke long ago through the prophet Jeremiah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# A voice was heard ... they were no more
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Matthew is quoting the prophet Jeremiah.
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# A voice was heard
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "People heard a voice" or "There was a loud sound" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# Rachel weeping for her children
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Rachel lived many years before this time. This prophecy shows Rachel, who has died, weeping for her descendants.
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# she refused to be comforted
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "no one could comfort her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# because they were no more
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"because the children were gone and would never return." Here "were no more" is a mild way of saying they are dead. AT: "because they were dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fulfill]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jeremiah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/voice]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ramah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/rachel]] |