Verse 20

Behold{H7200}{(H8798)}, O LORD{H3068}, and consider{H5027}{(H8685)} to whom thou hast done{H5953}{(H8782)} this{H3541}. Shall the women{H802} eat{H398}{(H8799)} their fruit{H6529}, and children{H5768} of a span long{H2949}? shall the priest{H3548} and the prophet{H5030} be slain{H2026}{(H8735)} in the sanctuary{H4720} of the Lord{H136}?

Referenced Verses

  • Lam 4:10 : 10 The hands{H3027} of the pitiful{H7362} women{H802} have sodden{H1310}{(H8765)} their own children{H3206}: they were their meat{H1262}{(H8763)} in the destruction{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}.
  • Jer 19:9 : 9 And I will cause them to eat{H398}{(H8689)} the flesh{H1320} of their sons{H1121} and the flesh{H1320} of their daughters{H1323}, and they shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} every one{H376} the flesh{H1320} of his friend{H7453} in the siege{H4692} and straitness{H4689}, wherewith their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and they that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} their lives{H5315}, shall straiten{H6693}{(H8686)} them.
  • Ps 78:64 : 64 Their priests{H3548} fell{H5307}{H8804)} by the sword{H2719}; and their widows{H490} made no lamentation{H1058}{H8799)}.
  • Exod 32:11 : 11 And Moses{H4872} besought{H2470}{(H8762)}{H6440} the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, LORD{H3068}, why doth thy wrath{H639} wax hot{H2734}{(H8799)} against thy people{H5971}, which thou hast brought forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} with great{H1419} power{H3581}, and with a mighty{H2389} hand{H3027}?
  • Deut 9:26 : 26 I prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} therefore unto the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, O Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, destroy{H7843}{(H8686)} not thy people{H5971} and thine inheritance{H5159}, which thou hast redeemed{H6299}{(H8804)} through thy greatness{H1433}, which thou hast brought forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of Egypt{H4714} with a mighty{H2389} hand{H3027}.
  • Lam 4:13 : 13 For the sins{H2403} of her prophets{H5030}, and the iniquities{H5771} of her priests{H3548}, that have shed{H8210}{(H8802)} the blood{H1818} of the just{H6662} in the midst{H7130} of her,
  • Lam 4:16 : 16 The anger{H6440} of the LORD{H3068} hath divided{H2505}{(H8765)} them; he will no more{H3254}{(H8686)} regard{H5027}{(H8687)} them: they respected{H5375}{(H8804)} not the persons{H6440} of the priests{H3548}, they favoured{H2603}{(H8804)} not the elders{H2205}.
  • Ezek 5:10 : 10 Therefore the fathers{H1} shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} the sons{H1121} in the midst{H8432} of thee, and the sons{H1121} shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} their fathers{H1}; and I will execute{H6213}{(H8804)} judgments{H8201} in thee, and the whole remnant{H7611} of thee will I scatter{H2219}{(H8765)} into all the winds{H7307}.
  • Ezek 9:5-6 : 5 And to the others{H428} he said{H559}{(H8804)} in mine hearing{H241}, Go{H5674}{(H8798)} ye after{H310} him through the city{H5892}, and smite{H5221}{(H8685)}: let not your eye{H5869} spare{H2347}{(H8799)}, neither have ye pity{H2550}{(H8799)}: 6 Slay{H2026}{(H8799)} utterly{H4889} old{H2205} and young{H970}, both maids{H1330}, and little children{H2945}, and women{H802}: but come not near{H5066}{(H8799)} any man{H376} upon whom is the mark{H8420}; and begin{H2490}{(H8686)} at my sanctuary{H4720}. Then they began{H2490}{(H8686)} at the ancient{H2205} men{H582} which were before{H6440} the house{H1004}.
  • Jer 23:11-15 : 11 For both prophet{H5030} and priest{H3548} are profane{H2610}{(H8804)}; yea, in my house{H1004} have I found{H4672}{(H8804)} their wickedness{H7451}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 12 Wherefore their way{H1870} shall be unto them as slippery{H2519} ways in the darkness{H653}: they shall be driven on{H1760}{(H8735)}, and fall{H5307}{(H8804)} therein: for I will bring{H935}{(H8686)} evil{H7451} upon them, even the year{H8141} of their visitation{H6486}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 13 And I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} folly{H8604} in the prophets{H5030} of Samaria{H8111}; they prophesied{H5012}{(H8694)} in Baal{H1168}, and caused my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} to err{H8582}{(H8686)}. 14 I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} also in the prophets{H5030} of Jerusalem{H3389} an horrible thing{H8186}: they commit adultery{H5003}{(H8800)}, and walk{H1980}{(H8800)} in lies{H8267}: they strengthen{H2388}{(H8765)} also the hands{H3027} of evildoers{H7489}{(H8688)}, that none{H376} doth return{H7725}{(H8804)} from his wickedness{H7451}: they are all of them unto me as Sodom{H5467}, and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof as Gomorrah{H6017}. 15 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} concerning the prophets{H5030}; Behold, I will feed{H398}{(H8688)} them with wormwood{H3939}, and make them drink{H8248}{(H8689)} the water{H4325} of gall{H7219}: for from the prophets{H5030} of Jerusalem{H3389} is profaneness{H2613} gone forth{H3318}{(H8804)} into all the land{H776}.
  • Lam 1:19 : 19 I called{H7121}{(H8804)} for my lovers{H157}{(H8764)}, but they deceived{H7411}{(H8765)} me: my priests{H3548} and mine elders{H2205} gave up the ghost{H1478}{(H8804)} in the city{H5892}, while they sought{H1245}{(H8765)} their meat{H400} to relieve{H7725}{(H8686)} their souls{H5315}.
  • Deut 28:53-57 : 53 And thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8804)} the fruit{H6529} of thine own body{H990}, the flesh{H1320} of thy sons{H1121} and of thy daughters{H1323}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} thee, in the siege{H4692}, and in the straitness{H4689}, wherewith thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} shall distress{H6693}{(H8686)} thee: 54 So that the man{H376} that is tender{H7390} among you, and very{H3966} delicate{H6028}, his eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415}{(H8799)} toward his brother{H251}, and toward the wife{H802} of his bosom{H2436}, and toward the remnant{H3499} of his children{H1121} which he shall leave{H3498}{(H8686)}: 55 So that he will not give{H5414}{(H8800)} to any{H259} of them of the flesh{H1320} of his children{H1121} whom he shall eat{H398}{(H8799)}: because he hath nothing left{H7604}{(H8689)} him in the siege{H4692}, and in the straitness{H4689}, wherewith thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} shall distress{H6693}{(H8686)} thee in all thy gates{H8179}. 56 The tender{H7390} and delicate{H6028} woman among you, which would not adventure{H5254}{(H8765)} to set{H3322}{(H8687)} the sole{H3709} of her foot{H7272} upon the ground{H776} for delicateness{H6026}{(H8692)} and tenderness{H7391}, her eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8802)} from between her feet{H7272}, and toward her children{H1121} which she shall bear{H3205}{(H8799)}: for she shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} them for want{H2640} of all things secretly{H5643} in the siege{H4692} and straitness{H4689}, wherewith thine enemy{H341}{(H8802)} shall distress{H6693}{(H8686)} thee in thy gates{H8179}.
  • 2 Kgs 6:28-29 : 28 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered{H559}{(H8799)}, This woman{H802} said{H559}{(H8804)} unto me, Give{H5414}{(H8798)} thy son{H1121}, that we may eat{H398}{(H8799)} him to day{H3117}, and we will eat{H398}{(H8799)} my son{H1121} to morrow{H4279}. 29 So we boiled{H1310}{(H8762)} my son{H1121}, and did eat{H398}{(H8799)} him: and I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her on the next{H312} day{H3117}, Give{H5414}{(H8798)} thy son{H1121}, that we may eat{H398}{(H8799)} him: and she hath hid{H2244}{(H8686)} her son{H1121}.
  • Lev 26:29 : 29 And ye shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} the flesh{H1320} of your sons{H1121}, and the flesh{H1320} of your daughters{H1323} shall ye eat{H398}{(H8799)}.
  • Isa 9:14-17 : 14 Therefore the LORD{H3068} will cut off{H3772}{(H8686)} from Israel{H3478} head{H7218} and tail{H2180}, branch{H3712} and rush{H100}, in one{H259} day{H3117}. 15 The ancient{H2205} and honourable{H6440}{H5375}{(H8803)}, he{H1931} is the head{H7218}; and the prophet{H5030} that teacheth{H3384}{(H8688)} lies{H8267}, he is the tail{H2180}. 16 For the leaders{H833}{(H8764)} of this people{H5971} cause them to err{H8582}{(H8688)}; and they that are led{H833}{(H8794)} of them are destroyed{H1104}{(H8794)}. 17 Therefore the Lord{H136} shall have no joy{H8055}{(H8799)} in their young men{H970}, neither shall have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} on their fatherless{H3490} and widows{H490}: for every one is an hypocrite{H2611} and an evildoer{H7489}{(H8688)}, and every mouth{H6310} speaketh{H1696}{(H8802)} folly{H5039}. For all this his anger{H639} is not turned away{H7725}{(H8804)}, but his hand{H3027} is stretched out still{H5186}{(H8803)}.
  • Isa 63:16-19 : 16 Doubtless{H3588} thou art our father{H1}, though Abraham{H85} be ignorant{H3808}{H3045}{(H8804)} of us, and Israel{H3478} acknowledge{H5234}{(H8686)} us not: thou, O LORD{H3068}, art our father{H1}, our redeemer{H1350}{(H8802)}; thy name{H8034} is from everlasting{H5769}. 17 O LORD{H3068}, why hast thou made us to err{H8582}{(H8686)} from thy ways{H1870}, and hardened{H7188}{(H8686)} our heart{H3820} from thy fear{H3374}? Return{H7725}{(H8798)} for thy servants{H5650}' sake, the tribes{H7626} of thine inheritance{H5159}. 18 The people{H5971} of thy holiness{H6944} have possessed{H3423}{(H8804)} it but a little while{H4705}: our adversaries{H6862} have trodden down{H947}{(H8790)} thy sanctuary{H4720}. 19 We are thine: thou never{H5769} barest rule{H4910}{(H8804)} over them; they were not called{H7121}{(H8738)} by thy name{H8034}.
  • Isa 64:8-9 : 8 But now, O LORD{H3068}, thou art our father{H1}; we are the clay{H2563}, and thou our potter{H3335}{(H8802)}; and we all are the work{H4639} of thy hand{H3027}. 9 Be not wroth{H7107}{(H8799)} very sore{H3966}, O LORD{H3068}, neither remember{H2142}{(H8799)} iniquity{H5771} for ever{H5703}: behold, see{H5027}{(H8685)}, we beseech thee, we are all thy people{H5971}. 10 Thy holy{H6944} cities{H5892} are a wilderness{H4057}, Zion{H6726} is a wilderness{H4057}, Jerusalem{H3389} a desolation{H8077}. 11 Our holy{H6944} and our beautiful{H8597} house{H1004}, where our fathers{H1} praised{H1984}{(H8765)} thee, is burned up{H8316} with fire{H784}: and all our pleasant things{H4261} are laid waste{H2723}. 12 Wilt thou refrain{H662}{(H8691)} thyself for these things, O LORD{H3068}? wilt thou hold thy peace{H2814}{(H8799)}, and afflict{H6031}{(H8762)} us very sore{H3966}?
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets{H5030} prophesy{H5012}{(H8738)} falsely{H8267}, and the priests{H3548} bear rule{H7287}{(H8799)} by their means{H3027}; and my people{H5971} love{H157}{(H8804)} to have it so: and what will ye do{H6213}{(H8799)} in the end{H319} thereof?
  • Jer 14:15-18 : 15 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} concerning the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} in my name{H8034}, and I sent{H7971}{(H8804)} them not, yet they say{H559}{(H8802)}, 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}{(H8735)}. 16 And the people{H5971} to whom they prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} shall be cast out{H7993}{(H8716)} 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}{(H8764)} them{H1992}, them, their wives{H802}, nor their sons{H1121}, nor their daughters{H1323}: for I will pour{H8210}{(H8804)} their wickedness{H7451} upon them. 17 Therefore thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)} this word{H1697} unto them; Let mine eyes{H5869} run down{H3381}{(H8799)} with tears{H1832} night{H3915} and day{H3119}, and let them not cease{H1820}{(H8799)}: for the virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} is broken{H7665}{(H8738)} with a great{H1419} breach{H7667}, with a very{H3966} grievous{H2470}{(H8737)} blow{H4347}. 18 If I go forth{H3318}{(H8804)} into the field{H7704}, then behold the slain{H2491} with the sword{H2719}! and if I enter{H935}{(H8804)} into the city{H5892}, then behold them that are sick{H8463} with famine{H7458}! yea, both the prophet{H5030} and the priest{H3548} go about{H5503}{(H8804)} into a land{H776} that they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not.
  • Jer 14:20-21 : 20 We acknowledge{H3045}{(H8804)}, O LORD{H3068}, our wickedness{H7562}, and the iniquity{H5771} of our fathers{H1}: for we have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against thee. 21 Do not abhor{H5006}{(H8799)} us, for thy name's{H8034} sake, do not disgrace{H5034}{(H8762)} the throne{H3678} of thy glory{H3519}: remember{H2142}{(H8798)}, break{H6565}{(H8686)} not thy covenant{H1285} with us.