Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

Bible References

What aileth thee

Genesis 21:17
God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What’s wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy from the place where he is.
Judges 18:23
They called to the Danites, who turned to face them, and said to Micah, “What’s the matter with you that you mobilized the men?”
1 Samuel 1:8
“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than 10 sons?”
2 Samuel 14:5
“What’s the matter?” the king asked her.

“To tell the truth, I am a widow; my husband died,” she said.
Psalm 114:5
Why was it, sea, that you fled?
Jordan, that you turned back?
Isaiah 22:1
An oracle against the Valley of Vision:

What’s the matter with you?
Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?

Give thy son

Leviticus 26:29
You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
Deuteronomy 28:53
“You will eat your children, the flesh of your sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you.
Isaiah 9:20
They carve meat on the right,
but they are still hungry;
they have eaten on the left,
but they are still not satisfied.
Each one eats the flesh of his own arm.
Isaiah 49:15
“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
Lamentations 4:10
י YodThe hands of compassionate women
have cooked their own children;
they became their food
during the destruction of my dear people.
Ezekiel 5:10
As a result, fathers will eat their sons within Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your survivors to every direction of the wind.
Matthew 24:18
And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.
Luke 23:29
Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘The women without children, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed, are fortunate!’

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