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Lamentations 2:20

Look, 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?

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ASV

See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

KJV

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?

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רְאֵ֤הre.'EhseeH7200 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
וְֽהַבִּ֔יטָהve.ha.Bi.tahand look !H5027 →
לְמִ֖יle.Mito whom?H4310 →
עוֹלַ֣לְתָּo.Lal.tahave you dealt severelyH5953 →
כֹּ֑הKohthusH3541 →
אִם־'im-<if>?H518 →
תֹּאכַ֨לְנָהto.Khal.nahwill they eatH398 →
נָשִׁ֤יםna.ShimwomenH802 →
פִּרְיָם֙pir.Yamdescendant[s] theirH6529 →
עֹלֲלֵ֣י'o.la.Leichildren ofH5768 →
טִפֻּחִ֔יםti.pu.Chimhealth<s>H2949 →
אִם־'im-or?H518 →
יֵהָרֵ֛גye.ha.Regwill he be killedH2026 →
בְּמִקְדַּ֥שׁbe.mik.Dashin [the] sanctuary ofH4720 →
אֲדֹנָ֖י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
כֹּהֵ֥ןko.HenpriestH3548 →
וְנָבִֽיא׃ סve.na.Vi'and prophetH5030 →

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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.Jeremiah 19:9I 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.’Psalms 78:64His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.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.Exodus 32:11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?Deuteronomy 9:26And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.Lamentations 4:13But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.Isaiah 22:2O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.Luke 13:1At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.Deuteronomy 28:18The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.Isaiah 64:8–12But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?Ezekiel 9:5–6And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!Jeremiah 14:15–18Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!Isaiah 63:16–19Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.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.2 Kings 6:28–29Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

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People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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