16. When Herod saw that the wise men had tricked him, he was very angry. So he gave an order to kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem and in all the area around Bethlehem who were two years old or younger. This was in keeping with the time he learned from the wise men.
17. So what God had said through the prophet Jeremiah came true:
18. “A sound was heard in Ramah.It was painful crying and much sadness.Rachel cries for her children,and she cannot be comforted,because her children are dead.” Jeremiah 31:15
19. After Herod died, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream. This happened while Joseph was in Egypt.
20. The angel said, “Get up! Take the child and his mother and go to Israel. The people who were trying to kill the child are now dead.”