When the armies of Babylon laid siege to apostate Jerusalem, people had to “eat bread by weight and in anxious care. ” The situation became so critical that some women boiled and ate their own children.
उदाहरण के लिए, भविष्यवक्‍ता यिर्मयाह ने परमेश्‍वर की सुरक्षा का आनन्द लिया ।