Lamentations 2:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ Lord, look and consider to whom you have done this. Should women eat their own children, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?

Dugang nga mga bersyon

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Behold, O Lord, and consider [carefully] to whom You have done this. Should and shall women eat the fruit of their own bodies, the children whom they have tended and swaddled with their hands? Should and shall priest and prophet be slain in the place set apart [for the worship] of the Lord?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ 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?

Common English Bible

²⁰ LORD, look and see to whom you have done this! Should women eat their own offspring, their own beautiful babies? Should priest and prophet be killed in my Lord’s own sanctuary?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ RES. O Lord, see and consider those whom you have made into a such vintage. So then, shall women eat their own fruit, little ones measured by the palm of the hand? Shall priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Lamentations 2:20 Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:17

So he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans,  who killed their fit young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; he handed them all over to him.

Exodus 32:11

But Moses sought the favour of the Lord his God: ‘Lord, why does your anger burn against your people you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a strong hand?

Isaiah 22:2

The noisy city, the jubilant town, is filled with celebration. Your dead did not die by the sword; they were not killed in battle.

Jeremiah 19:9

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and they will eat each other’s flesh in the distressing siege inflicted on them by their enemies who intend to take their life.”

Jeremiah 21:7

Afterwards #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #King Zedekiah of Judah, his officers, and the people #– #those in this city who survive the plague, the sword, and the famine #– #I will hand over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,  to their enemies, yes, to those who intend to take their lives. He will put them to the sword; he won’t spare them or show pity or compassion.”

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?

Lamentations 1:19

I called to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while searching for food to keep themselves alive.

Lamentations 4:10

The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children; they became their food during the destruction of my dear people.

Lamentations 4:13

Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous within her.

Lamentations 4:16

The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are not respected; the elders find no favour.

Ezekiel 5:10

As a result, fathers will eat their sons  within Jerusalem,  and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgements against you and scatter all your survivors to every direction of the wind.

Ezekiel 9:7

Then he said to them, ‘Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain.  Go! ’ So they went out, killing people in the city.

Leviticus 26:29

You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Deuteronomy 9:26

I prayed to the Lord: Lord God, do not annihilate your people, your inheritance, whom you redeemed  through your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.