Tune: Puer Nobis = \'A child is born for us\'
(\'Unto us a boy is born\')
Matthew 2 v.13-18
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Angel said to Joseph, Rise
And take from Herod\'s despise
They young child and His mother
To a country another
To a country another
They to Egypt went, did stay
Until Herod\'s final day
Out of Egypt I called my son
Hosea\'s prophecy done
Hosea\'s prophecy done {1}
Herod, when mocked of wise men
Flew into a rage then
Ordered all little children
Under two years to be killed then
Under two years to be killed then
In Bethlehem and its coasts
Laments to the uttermost
Jeremiah\'s prophecy {2}
Even that fulfilled, so be
Even that fulfilled, so be
Saying, In Ramah there heard {3}
Weeping and the mournful word
Rachel weeping for children {4}
No comfort, for they killed then
No comfort, for they killed then
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{1} Hosea 11 v.1
{2} Jeremiah 31 v.15
{3} Ramah - a town representing Israel and Judah
{4} Rachel - a mother-figure of Israel and Judah