Graphic Bible · Scene 18 of 23

An unnamed mother in an earth-red tunic and brown head wrap weeps among adult mourners.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible. Literary illustration of the prophecy and lament.

Matthew 2:18

Mourning Without Comfort

The Magi and the Flight · Matthew 2

Story guide: The unnamed mother illustrates the quoted lament; a second view separates sorrow from the refusal of offered comfort.

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18A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning: Rachel weeping for her children, and she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.

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