Verse 20
See,{H7200} O Jehovah,{H3068} and behold{H7200} to whom thou hast done{H5953} thus!{H3541} Shall the women{H802} eat{H398} their fruit,{H6529} the children{H5768} that are dandled{H2949} in the hands? Shall the priest{H3548} and the prophet{H5030} be slain{H2026} in the sanctuary{H4720} of the Lord?{H136}
Referenced Verses
- Lam 4:10 : 10 The hands{H3027} of the pitiful{H7362} women{H802} have boiled{H1310} their own children;{H3206} They were their food{H1262} in the destruction{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people.{H5971}
- Jer 19:9 : 9 And I will cause them to eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} of their sons{H1121} and the flesh{H1320} of their daughters;{H1323} and they shall eat{H398} every one{H376} the flesh{H1320} of his friend,{H7453} in the siege{H4692} and in the distress,{H4689} wherewith their enemies,{H341} and they that seek{H1245} their life,{H5315} shall distress{H6693} them.
- Ps 78:64 : 64 Their priests{H3548} fell{H5307} by the sword;{H2719} And their widows{H490} made no lamentation.{H1058}
- Exod 32:11 : 11 And Moses{H4872} besought{H2470} Jehovah{H3068} his God,{H430} and said,{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} why doth thy wrath{H639} wax hot{H2734} against thy people,{H5971} that thou hast brought forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} with great{H1419} power{H3581} and with a mighty{H2389} hand?{H3027}
- Deut 9:26 : 26 And I prayed{H6419} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} O Lord{H3068} Jehovah,{H3068} destroy{H7843} not thy people{H5971} and thine inheritance,{H5159} that thou hast redeemed{H6299} through thy greatness,{H1433} that thou hast brought forth{H3318} out of Egypt{H4714} with a mighty{H2389} hand.{H3027}
- Lam 4:13 : 13 [ It is] because of the sins{H2403} of her prophets,{H5030} [and] the iniquities{H5771} of her priests,{H3548} That have shed{H8210} the blood{H1818} of the just{H6662} in the midst{H7130} of her.
- Lam 4:16 : 16 The anger{H6440} of Jehovah{H3068} hath scattered{H2505} them; He will no more{H3254} regard{H5027} them: They respected{H5375} not the persons{H6440} of the priests,{H3548} they favored{H2603} not the elders.{H2205}
- Ezek 5:10 : 10 Therefore the fathers{H1} shall eat{H398} the sons{H1121} in the midst{H8432} of thee, and the sons{H1121} shall eat{H398} their fathers;{H1} and I will execute{H6213} judgments{H8201} on thee; and the whole remnant{H7611} of thee will I scatter{H2219} unto all the winds.{H7307}
- Ezek 9:5-6 : 5 And to the others{H428} he said{H559} in my hearing,{H241} Go{H5674} ye through the city{H5892} after{H310} him, and smite:{H5221} let not your eye{H5869} spare,{H2347} neither have ye pity;{H2550} 6 slay{H2026} utterly{H4889} the old{H2205} man, the young{H970} man and the virgin,{H1330} and little children{H2945} and women;{H802} but come not near{H5066} any man{H376} upon whom is the mark:{H8420} and begin{H2490} at my sanctuary.{H4720} Then they began{H2490} at the old{H2205} men{H582} that were before{H6440} the house.{H1004}
- Jer 23:11-15 : 11 for both prophet{H5030} and priest{H3548} are profane;{H2610} yea, in my house{H1004} have I found{H4672} their wickedness,{H7451} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 12 Wherefore their way{H1870} shall be unto them as slippery{H2519} places in the darkness:{H653} they shall be driven on,{H1760} and fall{H5307} therein; for I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon them, even the year{H8141} of their visitation,{H6486} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 13 And I have seen{H7200} folly{H8604} in the prophets{H5030} of Samaria;{H8111} they prophesied{H5012} by Baal,{H1168} and caused my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} to err.{H8582} 14 In the prophets{H5030} of Jerusalem{H3389} also I have seen{H7200} a horrible thing:{H8186} they commit adultery,{H5003} and walk{H1980} in lies;{H8267} and they strengthen{H2388} the hands{H3027} of evil-doers,{H7489} so that none{H376} doth return{H7725} from his wickedness:{H7451} they are all of them become unto me as Sodom,{H5467} and the inhabitants{H3427} thereof as Gomorrah.{H6017} 15 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} concerning the prophets:{H5030} Behold, I will feed{H398} them with wormwood,{H3939} and make them drink{H8248} the water{H4325} of gall;{H7219} for from the prophets{H5030} of Jerusalem{H3389} is ungodliness{H2613} gone forth{H3318} into all the land.{H776}
- Lam 1:19 : 19 I called{H7121} for my lovers,{H157} [but] they deceived{H7411} me: My priests{H3548} and mine elders{H2205} gave up the ghost{H1478} in the city,{H5892} While they sought{H1245} them food{H400} to refresh{H7725} their souls.{H5315}
- Deut 28:53-57 : 53 And thou shalt eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} of thine own body,{H990} the flesh{H1320} of thy sons{H1121} and of thy daughters,{H1323} whom Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414} thee, in the siege{H4692} and in the distress{H4689} wherewith thine enemies{H341} shall distress{H6693} thee. 54 The man{H376} that is tender{H7390} among you, and very{H3966} delicate,{H6028} his eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415} toward his brother,{H251} and toward the wife{H802} of his bosom,{H2436} and toward the remnant{H3499} of his children{H1121} whom he hath remaining;{H3498} 55 so that he will not give{H5414} to any{H259} of them of the flesh{H1320} of his children{H1121} whom he shall eat,{H398} because he hath nothing left{H7604} him, in the siege{H4692} and in the distress{H4689} wherewith thine enemy{H341} shall distress{H6693} thee in all thy gates.{H8179} 56 The tender{H7390} and delicate{H6028} woman among you, who would not adventure{H5254} to set{H3322} the sole{H3709} of her foot{H7272} upon the ground{H776} for delicateness{H6026} and tenderness,{H7391} her eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415} toward the husband{H376} of her bosom,{H2436} and toward her son,{H1121} and toward her daughter,{H1323} 57 and toward her young one{H7988} that cometh out{H3318} from between her feet,{H7272} and toward her children{H1121} whom she shall bear;{H3205} for she shall eat{H398} them for want{H2640} of all things secretly,{H5643} in the siege{H4692} and in the distress{H6693} wherewith thine enemy{H341} shall distress{H6693} thee in thy gates.{H8179}
- 2 Kgs 6:28-29 : 28 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered,{H559} This woman{H802} said{H559} unto me, Give{H5414} thy son,{H1121} that we may eat{H398} him to-day,{H3117} and we will eat{H398} my son{H1121} to-morrow.{H4279} 29 So we boiled{H1310} my son,{H1121} and did eat{H398} him: and I said{H559} unto her on the next{H312} day,{H3117} Give{H5414} thy son,{H1121} that we may eat{H398} him; and she hath hid{H2244} her son.{H1121}
- Lev 26:29 : 29 And ye shall eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} of your sons,{H1121} and the flesh{H1320} of your daughters{H1323} shall ye eat.{H398}
- Isa 9:14-17 : 14 Therefore Jehovah{H3068} will cut off{H3772} from Israel{H3478} head{H7218} and tail,{H2180} palm-branch{H3712} and rush,{H100} in one{H259} day.{H3117} 15 The elder{H2205} and the honorable{H6440} man, he{H1931} is the head;{H7218} and the prophet{H5030} that teacheth{H3384} lies,{H8267} he is the tail.{H2180} 16 For they that lead{H833} this people{H5971} cause them to err;{H8582} and they that are led{H833} of them are destroyed.{H1104} 17 Therefore the Lord{H136} will not rejoice{H8055} over their young men,{H970} neither will he have compassion{H7355} on their fatherless{H3490} and widows;{H490} for every one is profane{H2611} and an evil-doer,{H7489} and every mouth{H6310} speaketh{H1696} folly.{H5039} For all this his anger{H639} is not turned away,{H7725} but his hand{H3027} is stretched out still.{H5186}
- Isa 63:16-19 : 16 For{H3588} thou art our Father,{H1} though Abraham{H85} knoweth{H3808} us not, and Israel{H3478} doth not acknowledge{H5234} us: thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} art our Father;{H1} our Redeemer{H1350} from everlasting{H5769} is thy name.{H8034} 17 O Jehovah,{H3068} why dost thou make us to err{H8582} from thy ways,{H1870} and hardenest{H7188} our heart{H3820} from thy fear?{H3374} Return{H7725} for thy servants'{H5650} sake, the tribes{H7626} of thine inheritance.{H5159} 18 Thy holy{H6944} people{H5971} possessed{H3423} [it] but a little while:{H4705} our adversaries{H6862} have trodden down{H947} thy sanctuary.{H4720} 19 We are become as they over whom thou never{H5769} barest rule,{H4910} as they that were not called{H7121} by thy name.{H8034}
- Isa 64:8-9 : 8 But now, O Jehovah,{H3068} thou art our Father;{H1} we are the clay,{H2563} and thou our potter;{H3335} and we all are the work{H4639} of thy hand.{H3027} 9 Be not wroth{H7107} very sore,{H3966} O Jehovah,{H3068} neither remember{H2142} iniquity{H5771} for ever:{H5703} behold, look,{H5027} we beseech thee, we are all thy people.{H5971} 10 Thy holy{H6944} cities{H5892} are become a wilderness,{H4057} Zion{H6726} is become a wilderness,{H4057} Jerusalem{H3389} a desolation.{H8077} 11 Our holy{H6944} and our beautiful{H8597} house,{H1004} where our fathers{H1} praised{H1984} thee, is burned{H8316} with fire;{H784} and all our pleasant places{H4261} are laid waste.{H2723} 12 Wilt thou refrain{H662} thyself for these things, O Jehovah?{H3068} wilt thou hold thy peace,{H2814} and afflict{H6031} us very sore?{H3966}
- Jer 5:31 : 31 the prophets{H5030} prophesy{H5012} falsely,{H8267} and the priests{H3548} bear rule{H7287} by their means;{H3027} and my people{H5971} love{H157} to have it so: and what will ye do{H6213} in the end{H319} thereof?
- Jer 14:15-18 : 15 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012} in my name,{H8034} and I sent{H7971} them not, yet they say,{H559} Sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall not be in this land:{H776} By sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall those prophets{H5030} be consumed.{H8552} 16 And the people{H5971} to whom they prophesy{H5012} shall be cast out{H7993} in the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem{H3389} because{H6440} of the famine{H7458} and the sword;{H2719} and they shall have none to bury{H6912} them—them,{H1992} their wives,{H802} nor their sons,{H1121} nor their daughters:{H1323} for I will pour{H8210} their wickedness{H7451} upon them. 17 And thou shalt say{H559} this word{H1697} unto them, Let mine eyes{H5869} run down{H3381} with tears{H1832} night{H3915} and day,{H3119} and let them not cease;{H1820} for the virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} is broken{H7665} with a great{H1419} breach,{H7667} with a very{H3966} grievous{H2470} wound.{H4347} 18 If I go forth{H3318} into the field,{H7704} then, behold, the slain{H2491} with the sword!{H2719} and if I enter{H935} into the city,{H5892} then, behold, they that are sick{H8463} with famine!{H7458} for both the prophet{H5030} and the priest{H3548} go about{H5503} in the land,{H776} and have no knowledge.{H3045}
- Jer 14:20-21 : 20 We acknowledge,{H3045} O Jehovah,{H3068} our wickedness,{H7562} and the iniquity{H5771} of our fathers;{H1} for we have sinned{H2398} against thee. 21 Do not abhor{H5006} [us], for thy name's{H8034} sake; do not disgrace{H5034} the throne{H3678} of thy glory:{H3519} remember,{H2142} break{H6565} not thy covenant{H1285} with us.