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Deuteronomy 28:56-58
New English Translation

56 Likewise, the most[a] tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness,[b] will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters, 57 and will secretly eat her afterbirth[c] and her newborn children[d] (since she has nothing else),[e] because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

The Curse of Covenant Termination

58 “If you refuse to obey[f] all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:56 tc The LXX adds σφόδρα (sphodra, “very”) to bring the description into line with v. 54.
  2. Deuteronomy 28:56 tn Heb “delicateness and tenderness.”
  3. Deuteronomy 28:57 tn Heb includes “that which comes out from between her feet.”
  4. Deuteronomy 28:57 tn Heb “her sons that she will bear.”
  5. Deuteronomy 28:57 tn Heb includes “in her need for everything.”
  6. Deuteronomy 28:58 tn Heb “If you are not careful to do.”
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