16 UHerodi wathi ebona ukuthi izazi zezinkanyezi zazimbambise ilitshe, wazonda wabila. Wathuma abantu ukuthi babulale bonke abafana eBhethilehema lakuzo zonke izigaba zayo, kusukela kwabaleminyaka emibili kusiya phansi. Lokhu wakutsho esebenzisa isikhathi ayesitshelwe yizazi zezinkanyezi lapho ezibuzisisa.+ 17 Lapho-ke kwagcwaliseka lokho uNkulunkulu akukhuluma esebenzisa umphrofethi uJeremiya owathi: 18 “Kwezwakala ilizwi eRama, ukukhala lokulila okukhulu. KwakunguRasheli+ ekhalela abantwabakhe, engafuni lokududuzwa ngenxa yokuthi babengasekho.”+