Lamentations 2:20

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Lamentations 2:20

See, O Lord, and look!
With whom have You dealt thus?
Should women eat their offspring,
The little ones who were born healthy?
Should priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary of the Lord?

Jeremiah 19:9

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them.”’

Lamentations 4:10

The hands of compassionate women
Boiled their own children;
They became food for them
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Psalm 78:64

His priests fell by the sword,
And His widows could not weep.

Exodus 32:11

Then Moses entreated the Lord his God, and said, “O Lord, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Deuteronomy 9:26

I prayed to the Lord and said, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Lamentations 4:13

Because of the sins of her prophets
And the iniquities of her priests,
Who have shed in her midst
The blood of the righteous;

Leviticus 26:29

Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters you will eat.

Deuteronomy 28:53-57

Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom the Lord your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you.

2 Kings 6:28-29

And the king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’

Isaiah 9:14-17

So the Lord cuts off head and tail from Israel,
Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day.

Isaiah 63:16-19

For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, O Lord, are our Father,
Our Redeemer from of old is Your name.

Isaiah 64:8-12

But now, O Lord, You are our Father,
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all of us are the work of Your hand.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?

Jeremiah 14:15-18

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them—yet they keep saying, ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’—by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end!

Jeremiah 14:20-21

We know our wickedness, O Lord,
The iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.

Jeremiah 23:11-15

“For both prophet and priest are polluted;
Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the Lord.

Lamentations 1:19

“I called to my lovers, but they deceived me;
My priests and my elders perished in the city
While they sought food to restore their strength themselves.

Lamentations 4:16

The presence of the Lord has scattered them,
He will not continue to regard them;
They did not honor the priests,
They did not favor the elders.

Ezekiel 5:10

Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.

Ezekiel 9:5-6

But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Lamentations 2:20

Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Shall the women

Of a span long

General references

Lamentations 3:50

Lamentations 5:12

Mark 13:17

Bible References

Shall the women

The hands of compassionate women

Boiled their own children;

They became food for them
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters you will eat.

And the king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’

Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.

Of a span long

“I called to my lovers, but they deceived me;
My priests and my elders perished in the city
While they sought food to restore their strength themselves.

Because of the sins of her prophets
And the iniquities of her priests,
Who have shed in her midst
The blood of the righteous;

His priests fell by the sword,

And His widows could not weep.

So the Lord cuts off head and tail from Israel,
Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day.

The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?

“For both prophet and priest are polluted;
Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the Lord.

But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare.

General references

Until the Lord

looks down

And sees from heaven.

Princes were hung by their hands;

Elders were not respected.

But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!