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In the massacre of the innocents what prophecy was fulfilled?
Matthew: “Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not” ([ii, 17, 18]).
This so-called prophecy is in [Jeremiah xxxi, 15]. It was written at the time of the Babylonian captivity and refers to the captive Jews. In the next verse Jeremiah says: “They shall come again from the land of the enemy.”
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When Herod died what did the Lord command Joseph to do?
“Arise, and take the young child and his mother and go into the land of Israel, for they are dead which sought the young child’s life” ([Matthew ii, 20]).
“And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return to Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life” ([Exodus iv, 19]).