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17 ·So [Then] what ·God had said [L was spoken; C the passive verb implies God as subject] through the prophet Jeremiah ·came true [was fulfilled]:

18 “A ·voice [cry; sound] was heard in Ramah [C the sending point from which the Jews went into exile to Babylon; Jer. 40:1]
    ·of painful crying [weeping] and ·deep sadness [great mourning/lamentation]:
Rachel ·crying [weeping] for her children.
    She refused to be comforted,
    because ·her children are dead [L they are no more; Jer. 31:15].”

Joseph and Mary Return

19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord ·spoke [appeared] to Joseph in a dream while he was in Egypt.

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