Matthew 2:18

I would never have believed that in the land of the brave we would see children separated from their parents. This is more than I can bear.

Bring us to our knees Lord, bring us to our knees!

Matthew quotes Jeremiah 31:15; the context of children being slaughtered and Jesus’ family being uprooted parallels the context of Jeremiah’s prophecy. Faithlife Bible

This prophecy comes from Jeremiah 31:15, in which Rachel, who had been entombed near Bethlehem some 13 centuries before the Babylonian captivity, is seen weeping for her children as they were led away to Babylon in 586 b.c. In the slaughter of the male infants at the time of Christ’s birth, Rachel once again is pictured as mourning the violent loss of her sons. NKJ Bible.

Matthew 2:18 (NKJV) 

¹⁸“A voice was heard in Ramah,

Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children,

Refusing to be comforted,

Because they are no more.”

Jeremiah 31:15 (NKJV)

¹⁵ Thus says the Lord:

“A voice was heard in Ramah,

Lamentation and bitter weeping,

Rachel weeping for her children,

Refusing to be comforted for her children,

Because they are no more.”