Deuteronomy 28:49–57

⁴⁹“^aThe Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, ^bas the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand,

⁵⁰a nation of fierce countenance who will ^ahave no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.

⁵¹“Moreover, it shall eat the ¹offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who also leaves you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the increase of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish.

⁵²“^aIt shall besiege you in all your ¹towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which the Lord your God has given you.

⁵³“^aThen you shall eat the ¹offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom the Lord your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will ²oppress you.

⁵⁴“The man who is ¹refined and very delicate among you ²shall be hostile toward his brother and toward the wife ³he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain,

⁵⁵so 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 distress by which your enemy will ¹oppress you in all your ²towns.

⁵⁶“^aThe ¹refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and ²refinement, ³shall be hostile toward the husband ⁴she cherishes and toward her son and daughter,

⁵⁷and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her ¹legs and toward her children whom she bears; for ^ashe will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will ²oppress you in your ³towns.