and toward her afterbirth that comes from between her legs, and toward her children to whom she gives birth, because she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the hardship with which your enemy will oppress you in your towns.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The curses correspond in form and number (Deuteronomy 28:15–19) to the blessings (Deuteronomy 28:3–6), and the special ways…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And toward her young one that comes out from between her
feet
Or her secundine, "her …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries His curse can bring upon humankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows…