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16 Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became furious. And he sent and killed all boys in Bethlehem and in all its surrounding area, from two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
    weeping and loud wailing,
Rachel sobbing for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,
    because they are no more.”[a]

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  1. Matthew 2:18 Jer. 31:14(15).