Lamentaciones 2:20
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?
Context
This verse from Lamentaciones Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Dios es descrito como adversario que devoró a Israel sin misericordia, destruyó los palacios y derribó los muros de Jerusalén. El poeta ruega que Dios considere su angustia.
Otras traducciones
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?
See, O Jehovah, and look attentively, To whom Thou hast acted thus, Do women eat their fruit, infants of a handbreadth? Slain in the sanctuary of the Lord are priest and prophet?
Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take as their food the fruit of their bodies, the children who are folded in their arms? are the priest and the prophet to be put to death in the holy place of the Lord?
Referencias cruzadas
And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which …
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou …
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which …
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: …
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, …
So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy …
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: …