Mateus 2

18 "A voice was heard in Ramah,

lamentation, weeping and great mourning;

Rachel weeping for her children

and not wanting to be comforted,

because they are no more."*Ramah was a district of Bethlehem. The quote is from Jeremiah 31:15. The birth of the Savior resulted in the massacre of many infants; being the fulfillment of prophecy means it was part of the Plan. God’s ways seem strange to us at times, but He is under no obligation to explain His actions. (However, based on Jeremiah 31:16 I wonder if God did not compensate the parents somehow.)