Deuteronomy 28:53
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And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
In other translations
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
Hebrew words
וְאָכַלְתָּve'akhaltaand you will eatH398פְרִי־feri-[the] fruit ofH6529בִטְנְךָvitnekhawomb yourH990בְּשַׂרbesar[the] flesh ofH1320בָּנֶיךָbaneikhasons yourH1121וּבְנֹתֶיךָuvenoteikhaand daughters yourH1323אֲשֶׁר'asherwhomH834נָתַן־natan-he has givenH5414לְךָlekhato <the> youיְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶיךָ'eloheikhaGod yourH430בְּמָצוֹרbematzorin [the] siegeH4692וּבְמָצוֹקuvematzokand in [the] distressH4689אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834יָצִיקyatzikhe will bring distressH6693לְךָlekhato <the> youאֹיְבֶךָ׃'oyevekhaenemy yourH341
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Related verses
- Lamentations 4:10The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Jeremiah 19:9And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
- Leviticus 26:29And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.
- Deuteronomy 28:57And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.
- Lamentations 2:20Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- 2 Kings 6:28-2928 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.28 Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ 29 So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”
- Ezekiel 5:10Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’
- Deuteronomy 28:55So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.
- Matthew 24:19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
- Deuteronomy 28:18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
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