Jeremiah 19: 9

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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
JEREMIAH

CHAPTER 19

9 And I will cause them to ^aeat the flesh of their sons and the ^bflesh 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 ^cstraiten them.

Footnotes

9a	Lev. 26: 29. 29 And ye shall ^aeat the ^bflesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. Deut. 28: 53. 53 And thou shalt ^aeat the fruit of thine own body, the ^bflesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the ^cstraitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: Lam. 2: 20. 20 ¶ Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women ^aeat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? Ezek. 5: 10. 10 Therefore the fathers shall ^aeat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I ^bscatter into all the winds.
b	Isa. 9: 20. 20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall ^aeat every man the ^bflesh of his own arm: Lam. 4: 10. 10 The hands of the pitiful ^awomen have ^bsodden their own children: they were their ^cmeat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
c	OR distress, or afflict.