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Summary
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
Bible References
Shall the women
Lamentations 4:10
י YodThe hands of compassionate women
have cooked their own children;
they became their food
during the destruction of my dear people.
have cooked their own children;
they became their food
during the destruction of my dear people.
Leviticus 26:29
You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
Deuteronomy 28:53
“You will eat your children, the flesh of your sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you.
2 Kings 6:28
Then the king asked her, “What’s the matter?”
She said, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, and we will eat him today. Then we will eat my son tomorrow.’
She said, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, and we will eat him today. Then we will eat my son tomorrow.’
Jeremiah 19:9
I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and they will eat each other’s flesh in the siege and distress that their enemies, those who want to take their life, inflict on them.
Ezekiel 5:10
As a result, fathers will eat their sons within Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your survivors to every direction of the wind.
Of a span long
Lamentations 1:19
ק QofI called to my lovers,
but they betrayed me.
My priests and elders
perished in the city
while searching for food
to keep themselves alive.
but they betrayed me.
My priests and elders
perished in the city
while searching for food
to keep themselves alive.
Lamentations 4:13
מ MemYet it happened because of the sins of her prophets
and the guilt of her priests,
who shed the blood of the righteous
within her.
and the guilt of her priests,
who shed the blood of the righteous
within her.
Psalm 78:64 His priests fell by the sword,
but the widows could not lament.
but the
Isaiah 9:14 So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail,
palm branch and reed in a single day.
palm branch and reed in a single day.
Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
Jeremiah 14:15
“Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who say, ‘There will never be sword or famine in this land.’ By sword and famine these prophets will meet their end.
Jeremiah 23:11 because both prophet and priest are ungodly,
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Ezekiel 9:5
He spoke as I listened to the others, “Pass through the city after him and start killing; do not show pity or spare them!
General references
Lamentations 3:50 until the Lord looks down
from heaven and sees.
from heaven and sees.
Lamentations 5:12 Princes are hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.
elders are shown no respect.
Mark 13:17 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!