2 to bring upon us great plagues such as never happened before under the whole heaven, as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that are written in the law of Moses, (WEB) 3 that we should each eat the flesh of our own son, and each eat the flesh of our own daughter. (WEB) 4 Moreover he has given them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are around us, to be a reproach and a desolation among all the people around us, where the Lord has scattered them. (WEB)
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