The Massacre of the Innocent Children

16 When Herod saw that he had been fooled by the wise men, he was greatly enraged and sent men to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. 17 Then what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

18 “A voice was heard in Ramah,

[fn]wailing, weeping, and great lamentation,

Rachel weeping for her children,

and she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”