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- The Roman armies at length besieged, sacked, and utterly desolated Jerusalem, and during this seige, the famine was so extreme, that even rich and delicate persons, both men and women, ate their own children, and concealed the horrible repast, lest others should tear it from them! "Women snatched the food out of the very mouths of their husbands, and sons of their fathers, and (what is most miserable) mothers of their infants." "In every house, if there appeared any semblance of food, a battle ensued, and the dearest friends and relations fought with one another; snatching away the miserable provisions of life." "A woman distinguished by birth and wealth, after she had been plundered by the tyrants (or soldiers) of all her possessions, boiling her own sucking child, ate half of him, and concealing the other half, reserved it for another time!" "If¹ thy brother,ª the son²¹ of thy mother,ª or¹ thy son,ª or¹ thy daughter,ª or¹ the wifeª of thy bosom,ª or¹ thy friend,ª which¹ [is] as thine own soul,ª enticeª° thee secretly,ª saying,ª° Let us go²°¹ and serveª° otherª gods,ª which¹ thou hast not¹ known,ª° thou,¹ nor thy fathers;ª" {Deu 13:6} + "But the poorª° [man] had nothing,¹¹ save¹¹ oneª littleª ewe lamb,ª which¹ he had¹ boughtª° and nourished up:ª° and it grew upª° togetherª with¹ him, and with¹ his children;ª it did eatª° of his own meat,ª¹ and drankª° of his own cup,ª¹ and layª° in his bosom,ª and was¹ unto him as a daughter.ª" {2Sm 12:3} + "Trustª° ye not¹ in a friend,ª put ye not confidenceª°¹ in a guide:ª keepª° the doorsª of thy mouthª from her that liethª°¹ in thy bosom.ª" {Mic 7:5}
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