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NASB | Lamentations 4:10 The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Lamentations 4:10 The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people [Judah]. |
Bible Question: In Lamentations 4:10-11, why did mothers kill and eat their children? And what God would vent such anger? Is this the God Jesus worshipped? |
Bible Answer: Greetings Infinity700, Cannibalism was one of the covenant curses (see Leviticus 26:27-29 and Deuteronomy 28:53-57 for the promise and fulfillment in 2 Kings 6:28-29). The Bible says: Deut. 11:26 "See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:" Deut 30:19 "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants," Joshua 8:34 "Then afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law." If Israel did not honor the covenant and obey the Lord God of Israel, then there would be consequences. We must not forget the fact that God is severe in judgment: Heb 10:29 "How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?" "He repays a man for what he has done; he brings upon him what his conduct deserves." (Job 34:11) "Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice." (Job 34:12) "Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' Hear, O house of Israel: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?" (Ezekiel 18:25) "For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!" (Ezekiel 18:32) "There is none righteous, not even one" Romans 3:10 -------------------------------------------------- But there is HOPE: "if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved"! Blessings to you, Makarios |
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