54 The man who is [a]refined and very delicate among you [b]will be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife [c]he cherishes, and toward the rest of his children who are left, 55 so that he will not give even one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, since he has nothing else left, during the siege and the hardship by which your enemy will [d]oppress you in all your [e]towns. 56 (A)The [f]refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and tenderness, [g]will be hostile toward the husband [h]she cherishes and toward her son and daughter,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:54 Or spoiled and pampered
  2. Deuteronomy 28:54 Lit his eye will be evil toward
  3. Deuteronomy 28:54 Lit of his breast
  4. Deuteronomy 28:55 Or torment
  5. Deuteronomy 28:55 Lit gates
  6. Deuteronomy 28:56 Or spoiled and pampered
  7. Deuteronomy 28:56 Lit her eye shall be evil toward
  8. Deuteronomy 28:56 Lit of her breast

54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, 55 and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.(A) 56 The most gentle and sensitive(B) woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter(C)

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