Deuteronomio 28:54

54 El hombre que es tierno y muy delicado en medio de ti, será hostil hacia su hermano, hacia la mujer que ama y hacia el resto de sus hijos que le queden,

Deuteronomio 28:54 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:54

[So that] the man [that is] tender among you, and very
delicate
Not only the rustic that has been brought up meanly, and used to hard living; but one that has been bred very tenderly, and lived in a delicate manner, like the rich man in ( Luke 16:19 ) ; that fared sumptuously every day:

his eye shall be evil towards his brother, and towards the wife of his
bosom, and towards the remnant of his children which he shall leave;
that is, he shall begrudge his brother, who is so nearly related to him, the least bit of food; yea, his wife, he dearly loved, and is one flesh with him, his other self, and even his children, which are parts of himself, such of them as were left not eaten by him; or his eye should be evil upon then, he should look with an evil eye on them, determining within himself to kill and eat them next. Though the particular instance in which his eye would be evil to them follows, yet no doubt there are other instances in which his eye would be evil towards them, as there were at the siege of Jerusalem, and have been since. Josephus

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 says,

``that in every house where there was any appearance of food (or anything that looked like it, that had the shadow of it) there was a battle; and the dearest friends fought with one another, snatching away from each other, the miserable supports of life;''

as the husband from his wife and children, and the wife from her husband and children; see more in ( Deuteronomy 28:56 ) ; and, in later times, we told by the Jewish historian ^F3, that wrote an account of their sufferings and distresses since their dispersion, that at Fez the Jews sold their children for slaves for bread.

F2 De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 3. sect. 3.
F3 Shebet Judah, sive Hist. Jud. p. 326.

Deuteronomio 28:54 In-Context

52 Y te pondrá sitio en todas tus ciudades, hasta que tus muros altos y fortificados en los cuales tú confiabas caigan por toda tu tierra; y te sitiará en todas tus ciudades, por toda la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te ha dado.

53 Entonces comerás el fruto de tu vientre, la carne de tus hijos y de tus hijas que el SEÑOR tu Dios te ha dado, en el asedio y en la angustia con que tu enemigo te oprimirá.

54 El hombre que es tierno y muy delicado en medio de ti, será hostil hacia su hermano, hacia la mujer que ama y hacia el resto de sus hijos que le queden,

55 y no dará a ninguno de ellos nada de la carne de sus hijos que se comerá, ya que no le quedará nada en el asedio y en la angustia con que tu enemigo te oprimirá en todas tus ciudades.

56 La mujer tierna y delicada en medio tuyo, que no osaría poner la planta de su pie en tierra por ser delicada y tierna, será hostil hacia el esposo que ama, también hacia su hijo, hacia su hija,