The Slaughter of the Innocents
Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Trombone
Genre: Contemporary
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with Piano; Written for Austin Seybert
Holy Bible, New English Version: Matthew 2: 16-18
Herod Kills the Children
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
17 a Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
18 b“A voice was heard in Ramah,
weeping and loud lamentation,
Rachel weeping for her children;
she refused to be comforted, because they care no more.”
USA version
Then the President became furious and worried about the potential challenges to his power and authority. He separated all the immigrant children from their parents, put them in cages, suppressed their documentation and allowed them to become malnourished and ill without proper food and care. Some died, many became despondent and cried repeatedly for their mothers. All suffered and their parents did not know where or how they were.
Barbara York, 2019