| Lamentations 2:20
| Res. Behold, O Lord, and consider whom thou hast thus dealt with: shall women then eat their own fruit, their children of a span long: shall the priest, and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
| Dealt. Literally, "gathered grapes," Lamentations 1:12. (Haydock) --- Long; quite small, Psalm 38:9. This has been denounced, Lamentations 19:9., and Deuteronomy 28:53. (Calmet) It took place at Samaria, and in the last siege of Jerusalem, (Josephus, Jewish Wars vii., and viii.; Worthington) as well as at this time. (Haydock)
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