2 Kings 6:28

Catholic Public Domain Version

"This woman said to me: 'Give your son, so that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'

Cross References

Genesis 21:17

But God heard the voice of the boy. And an Angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, saying: "What are you doing, Hagar? Do not be afraid. For God has heeded the voice of the boy, from the place where he is.

2 Samuel 14:5

And the king said to her, "What problem do you have?" And she responded: "Alas, I am a woman who is a widow. For my husband has died.

2 Kings 6:27

And he said: "If the Lord does not save you, how am I able to save you? From the grain floor, or from the wine press?" And the king said to her, "What is the matter with you?" And she responded:

Psalm 114:5

Merciful is the Lord, and just. And our God is compassionate.

Isaiah 22:1

The burden of the valley of vision. What does it mean to you, then, that each of you have even climbed to the rooftops?

Isaiah 49:15

Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to take pity on the child of her womb? But even if she would forget, still I shall never forget you.

Lamentations 4:10

JOD. The hands of pitiable women have boiled their sons. They became their food in the grief of the daughter of my people.

Ezekiel 5:10

Therefore, the fathers shall consume the sons in your midst, and the sons shall consume their fathers. And I will execute judgments in you, and I will winnow your entire remnant in every wind.

Leviticus 26:29

so much so that you will eat the flesh of your sons and your daughters.

Luke 23:29

For behold, the days will arrive in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have not nursed.'

Judges 18:23

And they began to shout behind their backs. And when they had looked back, they said to Micah: "What do you want? Why are you crying out?"

1 Samuel 1:8

Therefore, her husband Elkanah said to her: "Hannah, why are you weeping? And why do you not eat? And for what reason do you afflict your heart? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"