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Matthew 2:17
“Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,”
Verse in context — Matthew 2
and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son.
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted, because they are no more.
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
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