SEV Biblia, Chapter 28:53
Y comerás el fruto de tu vientre, la carne de tus hijos y de tus hijas que el SEÑOR tu Dios te dio, en el cerco y en al apuro con que te angustiará tu enemigo.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 53. And thou shall eat the fruit of thine body , etc.] Than which nothing can be more shocking and unnatural, which is explained as follows: the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee ; which is an aggravation of the cruel and inhuman fact: in the siege, and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee ; this shows the cause of it, a famine by reason of the closeness of the siege, so that no provisions could be brought in for their relief; and all within being eaten up, and everything that was eatable, even the most nauseous and disagreeable, they would be led on to this strange, unheard of, and barbarous action, eating their own children. This was fulfilled in the siege of Samaria, ( 2 Kings 6:25,28,29); and in the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, ( Lamentations 2:10 4:10) and again in the Apocrypha: “Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.” (Baruch 2:4) and in the siege of the same city by the Romans; of which an instance will be hereafter given.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 45-68 - If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries his curse can bring upo mankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows to those under the curse of God. What then will be the miser of that world where their worm dieth not, and their fire is no quenched! Observe what is here said of the wrath of God, which shoul come and remain upon the Israelites for their sins. It is amazing to think that a people so long the favourites of Heaven, should be so cas off; and yet that a people so scattered in all nations should be kep distinct, and not mixed with others. If they would not serve God with cheerfulness, they should be compelled to serve their enemies. We ma justly expect from God, that if we do not fear his fearful name, we shall feel his fearful plagues; for one way or other God will be feared. The destruction threatened is described. They have, indeed been plucked from off the land, ver. #(63). Not only by the Babylonis captivity, and when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans; but afterwards, when they were forbidden to set foot in Jerusalem. The should have no rest; no rest of body, ver. 65, but be continually of the remove, either in hope of gain, or fear of persecution. No rest of the mind, which is much worse. They have been banished from city to city, from country to country; recalled, and banished again. Thes events, compared with the favour shown to Israel in ancient times, an with the prophecies about them, should not only excite astonishment but turn unto us for a testimony, assuring us of the truth of Scripture. And when the other prophecies of their conversion to Chris shall come to pass, the whole will be a sign and a wonder to all the nations of the earth, and the forerunner of a general spread of tru christianity. The fulfilling of these prophecies upon the Jewis nation, delivered more than three thousand years ago, shows that Mose spake by the Spirit of God; who not only foresees the ruin of sinners but warns of it, that they may prevent it by a true and timel repentance, or else be left without excuse. And let us be thankful tha Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, by being made curse for us, and bearing in his own person all that punishment whic our sins merit, and which we must otherwise have endured for ever. To this Refuge and salvation let sinners flee; therein let believer rejoice, and serve their reconciled God with gladness of heart, for the abundance of his spiritual blessings __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ואכלת 398 פרי 6529 בטנך 990 בשׂר 1320 בניך 1121 ובנתיך 1323 אשׁר 834 נתן 5414 לך יהוה 3068 אלהיך 430 במצור 4692 ובמצוק 4689 אשׁר 834 יציק 6693 לך איבך׃ 341
