Gospel of Matthew Chapter 2 Vs. 17

 Herod Kills the Children

Matthew 2:17 “Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,”

Again this prophecy is in the form of a type (verse 18 quotes Jer. 31:15, which speaks of all).

Israel’s mourning at the time of the Babylonian captivity (586 B.C.). That wailing prefigured the wailing over Herod’s massacre.

Again, This event too was said to be the fulfillment of a prophecy by Jeremiah. This statement (Jer. 31:15) referred initially to the weeping of the nation as a result of the death of children at the time of the Babylonian Captivity (586 b.c.). But the parallel to the situation at this time was obvious, for again children were being slaughtered at the hands of non-Jews.