Leviticus 26:29

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons,—Yea, even the flesh of your daughters, shall ye eat.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

In Context

28Then will I go in a rage of opposition to you,—And I, even I, will correct you seven times for your sins;

30And I will destroy your high places And cut down your sun-pillars, And cast your carcases upon the carcases of your manufactured gods,—Thus shall my soul abhor you.

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Cross References

2 Kings 6:28And the king said to her—What aileth thee? And she said—This woman, said unto me—Give thy son, that we may eat him, to-day, and, my son, will we eat to-morrow.

Jeremiah 19:9And I will suffer them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, yea every one—the flesh of his friend, will they eat,—in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith, their enemies, and they who seek their lives, will straiten them.

Lamentations 4:10The hands of compassionate women, have cooked their own children,—they have served as nourishment to them, in the grievous injury of the daughter of my people.

Matthew 24:19But alas! for the women with child, and for them that are giving suck, in those days;

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:15-40

Threatenings. ( b. c. 1490.) 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face… Read the whole commentary →

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