And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
She will even turn against her newborn baby and the children she gives birth to, secretly eating them because she has nothing else during the terrible siege when your enemies surround and attack your cities.
This verse describes the horrific desperation that would come during enemy sieges - so severe that even mothers would resort to the unthinkable to survive.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of Moses' warnings about the curses that would come if Israel abandoned God's covenant. It specifically refers to the devastating sieges that enemy armies would lay against Israelite cities, cutting off all food supplies. Such extreme conditions historically occurred during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 586 BC and the Roman siege in 70 AD.
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