Deuteronomy 28:51-53
International Standard Version
51 Its army[a] will consume the offspring of your animals and the produce of your soil until you are exterminated. They[b] will leave you without your grain, wine, oil, the increase of your cattle, and the lamb of your flock, until you are completely destroyed. 52 They’ll[c] besiege all your cities until your high and fortified walls in which you have trusted collapse throughout the land. Indeed, they will besiege all your cities, which the Lord your God gave you.”
Cannibalism
53 “You’ll eat your own children[d]—the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God gave you—on account of the siege and the distress with which your enemy will oppress you.
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- Deuteronomy 28:51 Heb. lacks army
- Deuteronomy 28:51 Lit. it
- Deuteronomy 28:52 Lit. it
- Deuteronomy 28:53 Lit. eat the fruit of your womb
Deuteronomy 28:51-53
New International Version
51 They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine(A) or olive oil,(B) nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined.(C) 52 They will lay siege(D) to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.(E)
53 Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.(F)
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