Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
The fruit
General references
Bible References
The fruit
Deuteronomy 28:18 Your descendants will be cursed,
and your land’s produce,
the young of your herds,
and the newborn of your flocks.
and your land’s produce,
the young of your herds,
and the newborn of your flocks.
Leviticus 26:29
You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
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.
Lamentations 2:20
ר ReshLord, look and consider
who You have done this to.
Should women eat their own children,
the infants they have nurtured?
Should priests and prophets
be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?
who You have done this to.
Should women eat their own children,
the infants they have nurtured?
Should priests and prophets
be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?
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.
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.
Matthew 24:19 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
General references
Matthew 24:19 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!