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Jeremiah 19:9

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’

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ASV

And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall distress them.

KJV

And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞יםve.ha.'a.khal.Timand I will make eat themH398 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּשַׂ֣רbe.Sar[the] flesh ofH1320 →
בְּנֵיהֶ֗םbe.nei.Hemsons theirH1121 →
וְאֵת֙ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
בְּשַׂ֣רbe.Sar[the] flesh ofH1320 →
בְּנֹתֵיהֶ֔םbe.no.tei.Hemdaughters theirH1323 →
וְאִ֥ישׁve.'Ishand everyoneH376 →
בְּשַׂר־be.sar-[the] flesh ofH1320 →
רֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.huneighbor hisH7453 →
יֹאכֵ֑לוּyo.Khe.luthey will eatH398 →
בְּמָצוֹר֙be.ma.tzOrin [the] siegeH4692 →
וּבְמָצ֔וֹקu.ve.ma.Tzokand in [the] distressH4689 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
יָצִ֧יקוּya.Tzi.kuthey will pressH6693 →
לָהֶ֛םla.Hem<to> <the> them
אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם'o.ye.vei.Hemenemies theirH341 →
וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥יu.me.vak.Sheiand [those who] seekH1245 →
נַפְשָֽׁם׃naf.Sham<of> life theirH5315 →

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Isaiah 9:20They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.Deuteronomy 28:53Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.Lamentations 4:10The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.Leviticus 26:29You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.Deuteronomy 28:53–57Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.Ezekiel 5:10As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’2 Kings 6:26–29As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”Lamentations 2:20Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?Ezekiel 20:26And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.Lamentations 3:51My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.Isaiah 36:12But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”Lamentations 4:3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.Zechariah 11:9Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”James 5:3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.Jeremiah 52:6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.Lamentations 1:11All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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