Leviticus 26:29

29 You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.

Leviticus 26:29 in Other Translations

29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

29 You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters.

29 Then you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

29 famine will be so severe that you'll end up cooking and eating your sons in stews and your daughters in barbecues;

29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

29 You will eat the bodies of your sons and daughters.

29 You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

29 You will eat the dead bodies of your sons. You will also eat the dead bodies of your daughters.

Leviticus 26:29 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:29

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons
Which was fulfilled at the siege of Samaria, in the times of Joram, ( 2 Kings 6:29 ) ; and at the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, ( Lamentations 4:10 ) ; and though there is no instance of it at that time in the sacred records, the Jews

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 tells us of one Doeg ben Joseph, who died and left a little one with his mother, who was very fond of him; but at this siege slew him with her own hands, and ate him, with respect to which they suppose Jeremiah makes the lamentation, ( Lamentations 2:2 ) ; and of this also there was an instance at the last siege of Jerusalem, by Titus, when a woman, named Mary, of a considerable family, boiled her son, and ate part of him, and the rest was found in her house when the seditious party broke in upon her, as Josephus ^F17 relates: and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat;
of which, though no instances are given, it is as reasonable to suppose it was done as the former. Some of the Jewish writers ^F18 think, that in this prediction is included, that children should eat their parents, as well as parents their children, as in ( Ezekiel 5:10 ) .
F16 Torat Cohanim in Yalkut, par. 1. fol. 197. 1.
F17 De Bello. Jud. l. 6. c. 3. sect. 4.
F18 Torat Cohanim, ib.

Leviticus 26:29 In-Context

27 “ ‘If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue to be hostile toward me,

28 then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over.

29 You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.

30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you.

31 I will turn your cities into ruins and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will take no delight in the pleasing aroma of your offerings.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 6:29; Jeremiah 19:9; Lamentations 4:10; Ezekiel 5:10
• 2. Deuteronomy 28:53