Deuteronomy 28:52

52 They will blockade all your cities until the high, fortified walls in which you trust come down everywhere in your land. They'll blockade all the cities everywhere in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 28:52 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:52

And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates
That is, in all their cities and walled towns, which had gates and bars for security:

until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst,
throughout all thy land;
the Jews had several cities well fenced and strongly fortified, besides Jerusalem, which was fortified both by art and nature, and in which they greatly put their trust and confidence; but these were broken down, particularly by the battering rams of the Romans:

and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, throughout all thy land,
which the Lord thy God hath given thee;
this is repeated for the certainty of it, and that it might be taken notice of, and abate their trust and confidence in their outward strength. Now all this was fulfilled, partly in the siege of Samaria by the king of Assyria, who went through all the land of the ten tribes, ( 2 Kings 17:5 ) ( 2 Kings 18:9 2 Kings 18:10 ) ; and in Sennacherib's taking the fenced cities of Judah, ( 2 Kings 18:13 ) ; and in the siege of Jerusalem, and breaking down the walls of it by Nebuchadnezzar, ( 2 Kings 25:10 ) ; and, last of all, in the siege of Jerusalem, and battering down the walls of it, by the Romans; at which time also all their strong and fenced cities throughout the land were taken and demolished.

Deuteronomy 28:52 In-Context

50 Its people will be fierce-looking. They will show no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

51 They'll eat the offspring of your animals and the crops from your fields until you're destroyed. They'll leave you no grain, no new wine, no olive oil, no calves from your herds, and no lambs or kids from your flocks. They'll continue to do this until they've completely ruined you.

52 They will blockade all your cities until the high, fortified walls in which you trust come down everywhere in your land. They'll blockade all the cities everywhere in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

53 Because of the hardships your enemies will make you suffer during the blockade, you will eat the flesh of your own children, the sons and daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you.

54 Even the most tender and sensitive man among you will become stingy toward his brother, the wife he loves, and the children he still has left.