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51 And it[a] shall consume the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your ground until you are destroyed,[b] and who will not leave for you any grain, wine, and olive oil, calves of your herds,[c] and lambs of[d] your flock until it has destroyed you.[e] 52 And it shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls fall,[f] which you are trusting in[g] throughout your land;[h] and it shall besiege you in all of your towns in all of your land that Yahweh your God has given to you. 53 And you shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, whom Yahweh your God gave to you, during the siege and during the distress[i] your enemy inflicts upon you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:51 That is, the invading nation
  2. Deuteronomy 28:51 Literally “until your destroying”
  3. Deuteronomy 28:51 Literally “what is dropped of your herds”
  4. Deuteronomy 28:51 Literally “the offspring of small animals”
  5. Deuteronomy 28:51 Literally “until his to destroy you”
  6. Deuteronomy 28:52 Literally “until the coming down of your walls, high and fortified”
  7. Deuteronomy 28:52 Hebrew “in them,” which is redundant
  8. Deuteronomy 28:52 Literally “in all of your land”
  9. Deuteronomy 28:53 Literally “in siege and in distress”

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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