You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.

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 ble ings (Deuteronomy 28:3–6), and the special ways …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body. —Specially confirmed in the siege of Samaria by the Syrians ([Reference 2 Kin…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

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…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And you shall eat the fruit of your body
Than which nothing can be more shocking and unnatural, which is explained a…

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…

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