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2:20-22 Jerusalem Asks God to See and Act. Jerusalem notes her people's suffering (v. 20), asserts God's lack of pity (v. 21), and remarks on the totality of the day of wrath (v. 22).
2:20 With whom have you dealt thus? Jerusalem was God's chosen city (1 Kings 9:1-9), yet God has judged her (Jer. 7:1-8:3). eat the fruit of their womb. Cannibalism of this type did occur in wartime (see 2 Kings 6:24-31). Moses had warned that such would happen when Israel broke her covenant with God (cf. Lev. 26:29; Deut. 28:52-57; Jer. 19:1-9; Ezek. 5:10). priest and prophet. Careless priests (Lev. 10:1-7; 1 Sam. 4:12-22) and false prophets (Jer. 28:1-17) repeatedly come to a bad end in Scripture.
2:22 a festival day. The old festivals (cf. 1:4, 15; 2:6, 7) have been replaced by a new "festival": the day of the anger of the Lord. The phrase terrors on every side is distinctly Jeremianic (Jer. 6:25; 20:3, 10; 46:5; 49:29; cf. Ps. 31:13). no one escaped. With only a few exceptions, such as Jeremiah (see Jer. 39:11-14). Jerusalem's children (those whom she held and raised) perished in the battle.
