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"The LORD will bring a nationagainst you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagleswoopsdown, a nationwhoselanguage you shall not understand,
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"Moreover, it shall eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your grounduntil you are destroyed, who also leaves you nograin, newwine, or oil, nor the increase of your herd or the young of your flockuntil they have caused you to perish.
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"It shall besiege you in all your townsuntil your high and fortifiedwalls in which you trustedcomedownthroughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your townsthroughout your landwhich the LORD your God has given you.
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"Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughterswhom the LORD your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you.
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"The man who is refined and verydelicate among you shall be hostile toward his brother and toward the wife he cherishes and toward the rest of his childrenwhoremain,
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so that he will not give even one of them any of the flesh of his childrenwhich 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.
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"The refined and delicatewoman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and refinement, shall be hostile toward the husband she cherishes and toward her son and daughter,
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and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her legs and toward her childrenwhom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you in your towns.
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"It shall come about that as the LORDdelightedover you to prosper you, and multiply you, so the LORD will delightover you to make you perish and destroy you; and you will be torn from the landwhere* you are entering to possess it.
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"Moreover, the LORD will scatter you among allpeoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serveothergods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known.
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"Among thosenations you shall findnorest, and there will be norestingplace for the sole of your foot; but there the LORD will give you a tremblingheart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.
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"In the morning you shall say, 'Would* that it were evening!' And at evening you shall say, 'Would* that it were morning!' because of the dread of your heartwhich you dread, and for the sight of your eyeswhich you will see.
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"The LORD will bring you back to Egypt in ships, by the way about which I spoke to you, 'You will neversee it again!' And there you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and femaleslaves*, but there will be nobuyer."