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Deuteronomy 28:53 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:53 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 53 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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: body: Heb. belly”
Deuteronomy 28:53 (KJV)
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Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:53
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters—this is the most horrifying curse in the entire chapter. The Hebrew phrase pǝrî ḇiṭnǝḵā (פְּרִי בִטְנְךָ, 'fruit of your womb') uses tender language for pregnancy to describe unspeakable horror: cannibalism of one's own children. This prophesied the most extreme degradation possible under siege conditions.This literally occurred during the Babylonian siege (Lamentations 2:20, 4:10) and again under Rome. Josephus records a woman named Mary eating her own infant during the AD 70 siege—a fulfillment so prec...
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Cross-References for Deuteronomy 28:53
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“The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
“and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.”
“in the siege and in the distress”
“What ails you? She answered”
“Yahweh”
“and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly”
“and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you; and the whole remnant of you will I scatter to all the winds.”
“because he has nothing left him”
“and the fruit of your ground”
“And woe unto them that are with child”