17 Na diyifoɔ Yeremia asɛm he baam sɛ:
Na Herode huu sɛ nsoromma mu animdefoɔ he adaadaa no he, ne bo fuu kɛse paa, na ɔsoma maa bekokuu mmɔfra mmeema a benni mmoroo mfie mmienu nyinaa a bɛya Yerusalem ne ne mpɔtamu, sɛnea berɛ a ohu firii nsoromma mu animudefoɔ he hɔ kyerɛ he.
“Bɛtee nne bi Rama, su ne adwotwa dendene, Rahel oosu ne mma, ɔmma kwane mma ne werɛ nkyekyere, efiri sɛ benni hɔ bio.”
Na deɛ diyifoɔ Yeremia kaeɛ he baam sɛ, “Bɛfaa dwetɛbena aduasa he a ɔyɛ boɔ a betwa too nipa he ti so, nea Israel mma binom twaa boɔ too ne ti so he,
na bɛtenaa hɔ kosii sɛ Herode wuiɛ. Yei maa deɛ Awurade nam diyifoɔ he so kaeɛ he baa mu sɛ, “Misraim ne mafrɛ me ba he afiri.”