Deuteronomio 28:54

54 El más tierno y compasivo de tus hombres no tendrá piedad de su propio hermano ni de su amada esposa ni de sus hijos sobrevivientes.

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 Atacarán tus ciudades hasta derribar todas las murallas fortificadas de tu territorio, esos muros en los que confiabas para protegerte. Atacarán todas las ciudades de la tierra que el Señor
tu Dios te ha dado.

53 »El estado de sitio y la terrible aflicción del ataque enemigo serán tan insoportables que terminarás comiéndote la carne de tus propios hijos e hijas, aquellos que el Señor
tu Dios te dio.

54 El más tierno y compasivo de tus hombres no tendrá piedad de su propio hermano ni de su amada esposa ni de sus hijos sobrevivientes.

55 Se negará a compartir con ellos la carne que esté devorando —la carne de uno de sus propios hijos— porque no tendrá otra cosa para comer durante el estado de sitio y la terrible aflicción que tu enemigo impondrá en todas tus ciudades.

56 La más tierna y delicada de tus mujeres —tan delicada que sería incapaz de pisar el suelo con la planta de su pie— se volverá egoísta con su esposo, a quien ama, y con sus propios hijos e hijas.