Rachel Weeping For Her Children

Mat 2:16  Then Herodes, having seen that he was fooled by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and he sent forth and slew all the male children in Bĕyth Leḥem and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learnt from the Magi. 

Mat 2:17  Then was filled what was spoken by Yirmeyahu the prophet, saying, 

Mat 2:18  “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and weeping, and great mourning – Raḥĕl weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted, because they were no more.” 

Matthew uses the quote from Jeremiah 31:15 to support his view that this was fulfilled when JC was born and Herod sent soldiers to slay all male children two years and younger.  My question is this.  Does the context of Jeremiah 31 support the use that Matthew puts it to?  

Jer 31:12  “And they shall come in and shall sing on the height of Tsiyon, and stream to the goodness of יהוה, for grain and for new wine and for oil, and for the young of the flock and the herd. And their being shall be like a well-watered garden, and never languish again. 

Jer 31:13  “Then shall a maiden rejoice in a dance, and young men and old, together. And I shall turn their mourning to joy, and shall comfort them, and shall make them rejoice from their sorrow, 

Jer 31:14  and shall fill the being of the priests with fatness. And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness,” declares יהוה. 

Jer 31:15  Thus said יהוה, “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing, bitter weeping, Raḥĕl weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” 

Jer 31:16  Thus said יהוה, “Hold back your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work,” declares יהוה, “and they shall return from the land of the enemy. 

Jer 31:17  “And there is expectancy for your latter end,” declares יהוה, “and your children shall return to their own country. 

This passage that Matthew quotes is in the middle of a chapter which is talking about the establishing of the New Covenant.  These particular verses speak of bringing back the scattered tribes of Ephraim. or the northern 10 tribes.  Rachel was weeping because her children were scattered.  She is told to stop her weeping as Hashem will be bringing them back.  In Matthew, there is not a chance of the children coming back.  So, is this an accurate use of Jeremiah 31:15?  Have the 12 tribes been re-united?

What outside sources declare the order and the carrying out of the mass killing of the babies as ordered by Herod?  There are none.  Matthew is the only source which states this event.

Next time we shall look at "out of Mitsraim or Egypt"