16 Lapho uHerode ebona ukuthi ababhula ngezinkanyezi babemhlakaniphele, wathukuthela kakhulu, wayesethumela wayala ukuba kubulawe bonke abafana eBhetlehema nakuzo zonke izifunda zakhona, kusukela kwabaneminyaka emibili ubudala nangaphansi, ngokwesikhathi ayesitholisise kahle kwababhula ngezinkanyezi. + 17 Kwagcwaliseka lokho okwakhulunywa ngoJeremiya umprofethi, ethi: 18 “Kwezwakala izwi eRama, ukukhala nesililo esikhulu. KwakunguRaheli + ekhalela abantwana bakhe, wayengavumi ukududuzeka ngoba abasekho.” +