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A Literally Fulfilled Prophecy
Commentators confirm this horrifying prophecy was literally fulfilled on multiple occasions. They point to the sieges of Samaria (2 Kings 6:28–29), Jerusalem by the Babylonians (Lamentations 4:10), and later, Jerusalem by the Romans, as historical examples of this curse coming to pass.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 28:15–68
18th Century
Theologian
The curses correspond in form and number (Deuteronomy 28:15–19) to the blessings (Deuteronomy 28:3–6), and the special ways…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 28:53
19th Century
Bishop
Thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body. —Specially confirmed in the siege of Samaria by the Syrians ([Reference 2 Kin…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 28:53
16th Century
Theologian
And you shall eat the fruit of your own body. This is one of those omens which was mentioned previously; for it is an act of ferocity, det…
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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 28:53
17th Century
Pastor
And you shall eat the fruit of your body
Than which nothing can be more shocking and unnatural, which is explained a…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 28:45–68
17th Century
Minister
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…