Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
In the siege
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Bible References
In the siege
Jeremiah 5:10
"Go up through her vine rows and destroy, but make not a full end; strip away her branches, for they are not the LORD's.
Jeremiah 34:2
"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jeremiah 52:6
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
General references
Matthew 24:19
And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!