⁵⁴ Even the most gentle and kind man among you will ·become cruel [look threateningly] to his brother, his wife ·whom he loves [^Lof his lap], and his children who ·are still alive [remain]. ⁵⁵ He will not even give them any of the flesh of his children he is eating, because it will be all he has left. ·Your enemy will surround you and make you starve [^LIn the dire position that the siege of your enemies places you] in all your ·cities [^Lgates]. ⁵⁶ The most gentle and kind woman among you, so gentle and kind she would hardly even walk on the ground, will ·be cruel [look threateningly] to her husband ·whom she loves [^Lof her lap] and to her son and daughter.