Deuteronomy 28:55

The Scriptures 1998

against giving any of them the flesh of his children that he eats, because it is all that has been left to him in the siege and distress with which your enemy distresses you in all your gates.

Cross References

Jeremiah 19:9

“And I shall make them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and eat one another’s flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their lives distress them.” ’

Jeremiah 34:2

“Thus said יהוה  the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 5:10

“Go up on her walls and destroy, but do not make a complete end. Take away her branches, for they do not belong to יהוה.

Jeremiah 52:6

On the ninth of the fourth month the scarcity of food was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

Deuteronomy 28:53

“And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters whom יהוה  your Elohim has given you, in the siege and distress in which your enemies distress you.

Deuteronomy 28:54

“The man among you who is tender, and who is very delicate, his eye is evil against his brother, against the wife of his bosom, and against the rest of his children whom he leaves behind,

Deuteronomy 28:56

“The tender and the delicate woman among you, who have not tried to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and tenderness, her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,