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It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He will refuse to share with them the flesh he is devouring—the flesh of one of his own children—because he has nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing else left, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />so that he will not give any of them the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />so that he will not give <i>even</i> one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, since he has nothing <i>else</i> left, during the siege and the hardship by which your enemy will oppress you in all your towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />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 distress by which your enemy will oppress you in all your towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />so that he will not give <i>even</i> one of them any of the flesh of his children which he shall eat, since he has nothing <i>else</i> left, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy shall oppress you in all your towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />so that he will not give <i>even</i> one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, since he has nothing <i>else</i> remaining, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you in all your gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />so that he will not give <i>even</i> one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, because he has nothing else left, during the siege and the misery by which your enemy will oppress you in all your cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />refusing to share with any of them his children’s flesh that he will eat because he has nothing left during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you in all your towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />refusing to share with any of them his children&#8217s flesh that he will eat because he has nothing left during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you in all your towns. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in all thy gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in all thy gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He will give none of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all that he has left, because of the hardships your enemies will make you suffer during the blockade of all your cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He will withhold from each of them the flesh of his sons that he is eating—since there will be nothing left—on account of the siege and distress with which your enemy will oppress you in all your cities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He will withhold from all of them his children's flesh that he is eating (since there is nothing else left), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he has nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege and in the straitness with which thy enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left to him, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in all your gates. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />against giving to one of them of the flesh of his sons whom he eats, because he has nothing left for himself in the siege and in the constriction with which your enemy constricts you in all your gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> against giving to one of them of the flesh of his sons whom he eateth, because he hath nothing left to him, in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee in all thy gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The gift to one of them of the flesh of his sons which he shall eat from: nothing remaining to him of all things in the distress and in the straitness which his enemy shall press upon thee in all thy gates.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So that he will not give them of the flesh of his children, which he shall eat: because he hath nothing else in the siege and the want, wherewith thy enemies shall distress thee within all thy gates. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />lest he give to them from the flesh of his sons, which he will eat. For he has nothing else due to the siege and the destitution, with which your enemies will devastate you within all your gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />any share in the flesh of his children that he himself is using for food because nothing else is left him—such the siege and distress to which your enemy will subject you in all your communities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />giving to none of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because nothing else remains to him, in the desperate straits to which the enemy siege will reduce you in all your towns.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat; because he has nothing left him in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall harass you in all your cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he shall not give of the flesh of his children that he eats to one of them, because nothing would be left for him in the siege and in the affliction which your enemy inflicts on you in all your towns.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in all thy gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />so as <i>not</i> to give to one of them of the flesh of his children, whom he shall eat, because of his having nothing left him in thy straitness, and in thy affliction, with which thine enemies shall afflict thee in all thy cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=7858" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">The Curses of Disobedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">54</span>The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived, <span class="reftext">55</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: mit·têṯ (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">refusing to share</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: lə·’a·ḥaḏ (Prep-l:: Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">with any</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hem (Prep-m:: Pro-3mp) -- ">of them</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: mib·bə·śar (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">the flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·nāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">of his children</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵêl (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">he will eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/1097.htm" title="1097: mib·bə·lî (Prep-m:: Adv) -- From balah; properly, failure, i.e. Nothing or destruction; usually without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.">because he has nothing</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: hiš·’îr- (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">left</a> <a href="/hebrew/4692.htm" title="4692: bə·mā·ṣō·wr (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Siege enclosure, siege, entrenchment. Or matsuwr; from tsuwr; something hemming in, i.e. a mound, a siege, distress; or a fastness.">in the siege</a> <a href="/hebrew/4689.htm" title="4689: ū·ḇə·mā·ṣō·wq (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Straits, stress. From tsuwq; a narrow place, i.e. confinement or disability.">and distress</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: ’ō·yiḇ·ḵā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc:: 2ms) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">your enemy</a> <a href="/hebrew/6693.htm" title="6693: yā·ṣîq (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To constrain, bring into straits, press upon. A primitive root; to compress, i.e. oppress, distress.">will inflict</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">on you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">within all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: šə·‘ā·re·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">your gates.</a> </span><span class="reftext">56</span>The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a></span><br />You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-28.htm">2 Kings 6:28-29</a></span><br />Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ / So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a></span><br />I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm">Lamentations 4:10</a></span><br />The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Ezekiel 5:10</a></span><br />As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm">2 Kings 6:25</a></span><br />So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-3.htm">2 Kings 25:3</a></span><br />By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-6.htm">Jeremiah 52:6</a></span><br />By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Lamentations 2:20</a></span><br />Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-17.htm">Mark 13:17</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-43.htm">Luke 19:43</a></span><br />For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29</a></span><br />Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the narrow place, with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates.</p><p class="hdg">in the seige</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Jeremiah 5:10</a></b></br> Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they <i>are</i> not the LORD'S.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/34-2.htm">Jeremiah 34:2</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/52-6.htm">Jeremiah 52:6</a></b></br> And in the fourth month, in the ninth <i>day</i> of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Children</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-7.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-15.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-15.htm">Inflict</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Siege</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Straiten</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Straitness</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/9-17.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-59.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/joshua/5-12.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-68.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-7.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Inflict</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Siege</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Straiten</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Straitness</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-26.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-12.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">The blessings for obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">The curses for disobedience</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Near Eastern culture, hospitality and sharing were highly valued, making this refusal particularly shocking. The severity of the situation is underscored by the breakdown of social norms and familial bonds.<p><b>the flesh of his children he will eat</b><br>Cannibalism is presented as the ultimate horror and a sign of divine judgment. This echoes the curses outlined in <a href="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a> and is a literal fulfillment of the covenant curses for disobedience. It serves as a stark warning of the consequences of turning away from God.<p><b>because he has nothing left</b><br>The phrase indicates total deprivation and the complete exhaustion of resources. Historically, sieges were brutal, often leading to famine and desperation. This reflects the dire conditions described in <a href="/2_kings/6-28.htm">2 Kings 6:28-29</a> during the siege of Samaria.<p><b>in the siege and distress</b><br>Sieges were common in ancient warfare, often leading to severe hardship for those trapped inside city walls. The distress mentioned here is both physical and psychological, emphasizing the comprehensive nature of the suffering.<p><b>that your enemy will inflict on you</b><br>This points to the external threat posed by foreign nations as instruments of God's judgment. The enemies are not just political adversaries but are used by God to discipline His people, as seen in the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25).<p><b>within all your gates</b><br>The phrase "within all your gates" signifies that the calamity will affect the entire nation, not just isolated areas. Gates were central to city life, serving as places of commerce and justice, and their mention underscores the totality of the siege's impact.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and warnings to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving the blessings and curses based on their obedience or disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies_of_israel.htm">Enemies of Israel</a></b><br>The foreign nations that would besiege and oppress Israel if they turned away from God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/siege.htm">Siege</a></b><br>A military blockade and assault on a city, leading to extreme conditions and desperation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which the Israelites were to inherit, contingent on their faithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a></b><br>Disobedience to God’s commands can lead to severe consequences, both spiritually and physically. The curses in <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> serve as a stark warning of the cost of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_sin's_consequences.htm">The Reality of Sin’s Consequences</a></b><br>Sin can lead to a breakdown of societal norms and personal morality, as seen in the extreme conditions described. It is a reminder of the destructive power of sin when left unchecked.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>The Israelites were in a covenant relationship with God, which required obedience and faithfulness. This principle applies to Christians today, emphasizing the importance of living in accordance with God’s will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God’s Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>God is sovereign and just, and His warnings are not empty threats. The fulfillment of these curses in Israel’s history demonstrates God’s control over nations and His commitment to justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_repentance_and_restoration.htm">Hope in Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While the curses are severe, the broader biblical account offers hope through repentance and restoration. God’s desire is for His people to return to Him and experience His blessings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_jerusalem's_siege_cause_cannibalism.htm">Jeremiah 19:9 -- Is there any credible historical record apart from the Bible indicating that Jerusalem's inhabitants resorted to cannibalism under siege?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_lamentations_4_10_literal_or_hyperbole.htm">(Lamentations 4:10) Is the claim that mothers cooked their children historically accurate or a hyperbolic contradiction of a loving God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_israelite_cannibalism.htm">(Leviticus 26:29) Do we have any archaeological or recorded history of Israelites resorting to cannibalism precisely as this curse suggests?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_cannibalism_in_ezekiel_5_10_verified.htm">In Ezekiel 5:10, how can extreme acts like cannibalism be historically verified or reconciled with known records of siege conditions?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(55) <span class= "bld">So that he will not give to any of them.</span>-A complication of horrors is here described. They shall eat some of their children and refuse to share even this food with those that are left.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">refusing to share</span><br /><span class="heb">מִתֵּ֣ת ׀</span> <span class="translit">(mit·têṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with any</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאַחַ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’a·ḥaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of them</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵהֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(mê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the flesh</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְּשַׂ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bə·śar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of his children</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּנָיו֙</span> <span class="translit">(bā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he will eat</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאכֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḵêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because he has nothing</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְּלִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bə·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> </span><span class="str2">Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as</span><br /><br /><span class="word">left</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשְׁאִֽיר־</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·’îr-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swell up, be, redundant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the siege</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמָצוֹר֙</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mā·ṣō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4692.htm">Strong's 4692: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and hardship</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְמָצ֔וֹק</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·mā·ṣō·wq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4689.htm">Strong's 4689: </a> </span><span class="str2">A narrow place, confinement, disability</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your enemy</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹיִבְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·yiḇ·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hating, an adversary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will impose</span><br /><span class="heb">יָצִ֥יק</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ṣîq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6693.htm">Strong's 6693: </a> </span><span class="str2">To constrain, bring into straits, press upon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on all</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your cities.</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·‘ā·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, gate</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Deuteronomy 28:55 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Deuteronomy 28:55 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Deuteronomy 28:55 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Deuteronomy 28:55 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Deuteronomy 28:55 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Deuteronomy 28:55 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Deuteronomy 28:55 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Deuteronomy 28:55 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Deuteronomy 28:55 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Deuteronomy 28:55 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:55 So that he will not give (Deut. 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