Leviticus 26:29

29 'Further, ¹you will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters you will eat.

Leviticus 26:29 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:29

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons
Which was fulfilled at the siege of Samaria, in the times of Joram, ( 2 Kings 6:29 ) ; and at the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, ( Lamentations 4:10 ) ; and though there is no instance of it at that time in the sacred records, the Jews

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 tells us of one Doeg ben Joseph, who died and left a little one with his mother, who was very fond of him; but at this siege slew him with her own hands, and ate him, with respect to which they suppose Jeremiah makes the lamentation, ( Lamentations 2:2 ) ; and of this also there was an instance at the last siege of Jerusalem, by Titus, when a woman, named Mary, of a considerable family, boiled her son, and ate part of him, and the rest was found in her house when the seditious party broke in upon her, as Josephus ^F17 relates: and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat;
of which, though no instances are given, it is as reasonable to suppose it was done as the former. Some of the Jewish writers ^F18 think, that in this prediction is included, that children should eat their parents, as well as parents their children, as in ( Ezekiel 5:10 ) .
F16 Torat Cohanim in Yalkut, par. 1. fol. 197. 1.
F17 De Bello. Jud. l. 6. c. 3. sect. 4.
F18 Torat Cohanim, ib.

Leviticus 26:29 In-Context

27 'Yet if in spite of this you do not obey Me, but act with hostility against Me,

28 then I will act with wrathful hostility against you, and I, even I, will punish you seven times for your sins.

29 'Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters you will eat.

30 'I then will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and heap your remains on the remains of your idols, for My soul shall abhor you.

31 'I will lay waste your cities as well and will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your soothing aromas.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 6:29