Deuteronomy 28:57 meaning and explanation
the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.
Deuteronomy 28:57, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is speaking to Israel on the plains of Moab, setting before the people the blessings of obedience and the curses of covenant breaking. Verse 57 belongs to the siege curses: an enemy will surround the cities, and hunger will drive even the most refined woman to eat the afterbirth and the children she bears, secretly, for lack of anything else.
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