55 so that he will not give even one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, since he has nothing else left, during the siege and the hardship by which your enemy will [a]oppress you in all your [b]towns. 56 (A)The [c]refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and tenderness, [d]will be hostile toward the husband [e]she cherishes and toward her son and daughter, 57 and toward her afterbirth that comes from between her [f]legs, and toward her children to whom she gives birth, because (B)she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the hardship with which your enemy will [g]oppress you in your [h]towns.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:55 Or torment
  2. Deuteronomy 28:55 Lit gates
  3. Deuteronomy 28:56 Or spoiled and pampered
  4. Deuteronomy 28:56 Lit her eye shall be evil toward
  5. Deuteronomy 28:56 Lit of her breast
  6. Deuteronomy 28:57 Lit feet
  7. Deuteronomy 28:57 Or torment
  8. Deuteronomy 28:57 Lit gates

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