Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
Jod The hands of the compassionate women have cooked their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Leviticus 26:29
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Deuteronomy 28:53
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God has given thee, in the siege and in the straitness with which thine enemies shall distress thee.
2 Kings 6:28
And the king said unto her, What ails thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
Jeremiah 19:9
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and each one shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, with which their enemies and those that seek their souls shall straiten them.
Ezekiel 5:10
For the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee I will scatter into all the winds.
Of a span long
Lamentations 1:19
Koph I called unto my lovers, but they have deceived me; my priests and my elders in the city perished seeking food to maintain their lives.
Lamentations 4:13
Mem For the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
Psalm 78:64
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Isaiah 9:14
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesied falsely, and the priests bore rule by their hands; and my people love to have it so. What will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 14:15
Therefore thus hath the LORD said concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name which I did not send and that say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Jeremiah 23:11
For both prophet and priest are feigned; even in my house I have found their wickedness, said the LORD.
Ezekiel 9:5
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city and smite; do not let your eye forgive, neither have mercy.
General references
Lamentations 3:50
Ain Until the LORD looks down, and beholds from the heavens.
Lamentations 5:12
Princes were hanged up by their hand; the countenance of the elders was not honoured.
Mark 13:17
But woe to those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!