Deuteronomy 28:55
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So 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.
In other translations
So 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.
Hebrew words
מִתֵּת׀mitetfrom givingH5414לְאַחַדle'achadto oneH259מֵהֶםmehemfrom <the> themמִבְּשַׂרmibesarany of [the] flesh ofH1320בָּנָיוbanavchildren hisH1121אֲשֶׁר'asherwhomH834יֹאכֵלyokhelhe will eatH398מִבְּלִיmibelibecause notH1097הִשְׁאִיר־hish'ir-he has leftH7604לוֹloto <the> himכֹּלkolanythingH3605בְּמָצוֹרbematzorin [the] siegeH4692וּבְמָצוֹקuvematzokand in [the] distressH4689אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834יָצִיקyatzikhe will bring distressH6693לְךָlekhato <the> youאֹיִבְךָ'oyivkhaenemy yourH341בְּכָל־bekholin allH3605שְׁעָרֶיךָ׃she'areikhagates yourH8179
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 52:6And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
- Jeremiah 34:2Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.
- Jeremiah 5:10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
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