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55 so that he will not give even one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, since he has nothing else remaining, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [a]oppress you in all your gates. 56 (A)The [b]refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and [c]refinement, [d]shall be hostile toward the husband [e]she cherishes and toward her son and daughter, 57 and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her [f]legs and toward her children whom she bears; for (B)she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [g]oppress you in your gates.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:55 Or distress
  2. Deuteronomy 28:56 Lit tender
  3. Deuteronomy 28:56 Lit tenderness
  4. Deuteronomy 28:56 Lit her eye shall be evil toward
  5. Deuteronomy 28:56 Lit of her bosom
  6. Deuteronomy 28:57 Lit feet
  7. Deuteronomy 28:57 Or distress

55 and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.(A) 56 The most gentle and sensitive(B) woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter(C) 57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them(D) secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.

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