17 Ngaleyondlela kwazaliseka lokho okwatjhiwo ngomphorofidi uJoromiya nasithi:
Amezwi kaJoromiya umsa kaRhilikhiya, ongomunye wabaphristi be-Anatothi esifundeni sakwaBhenjamini.
lapha ahlala khona uHerode wabe wafa. Kwazaliseka bunjalo-ke okwatjhiwo nguSomnini ngomphorofidi wathi: “Ngabiza indodanami kobana iphume eGibhide.”
Kwathi bona uHerode alemuke bonyana izazi zepumalanga zimkhohlisile, wasilingeka. Wakhupha umyalo bona kubulawe boke abantwana ababesana eBhethelehema neendaweni ezihlanu kwayo, kusukela eminyakeni emibili nengaphasi. Lokhu kwenzeka malungana nalokho akuzwa ngezazi.
“Ilizwi lizwakele eRama, ukulila okukhulu nokutlhuwa; uRarheli ulilela abantwabakhe, akafuni nokutjhiriywa ngombana bangasekho.”
Yeke kwazaliseka okwakhulunywa mphorofidi uJoromiya nasithi: “Bathatha iimpaparwana ezimatjhumi amathathu zesiliva, okulinani abantu bakwa-Israyeli abavumelana ukumhlawulela ngalo,