Lamentations 4:10 References
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The hands of compassionate women aBoiled their own children; They became bfood for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
a Leviticus 26:29, Deuteronomy 28:57, 2 Kings 6:29, Jeremiah 19:9, Lamentations 2:20, Ezekiel 5:10
Leviticus 26
Deuteronomy 28
57
and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her legs and toward her children whom she bears; for ashe will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you in your towns.
2 Kings 6
29
"aSo we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him'; but she has hidden her son."
Jeremiah 19
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"I will make them aeat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them."'
Lamentations 2
20
See, O Lord, and look! With awhom have You dealt thus? Should women beat their offspring, The little ones who were born healthy? Should cpriest and prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord?