Leviticus 26:29

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

American Standard Version (1901)

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

Bible in Basic English

Then you will take the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters for food;

Douay-Rheims 1899

So that you shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters.

Free Bible Version

You will eat the bodies of your own sons and daughters.

Geneva Bible 1599

And ye shall eate ye flesh of your sonnes, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye deuoure.

King James (Authorized) Version

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

One Unity Resource Bible

You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Translation for Translators

You will be extremely hungry, with the result that you will kill your sons and daughters and eat their flesh.

Unlocked Literal Bible

You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Noah Webster Bible

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

World English Bible

You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Young's Literal Translation

'And ye have eaten the flesh of your sons; even flesh of your daughters ye do eat.

Context

Punishments for Disobedience

²⁸then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.²⁹You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.³⁰I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

Summary

In Leviticus 26:29, God warns the Israelites of the severe consequences of disobedience to His commandments. The verse describes a distressing scenario where the people will face the horrifying reality of cannibalism due to the extreme famine resulting from their rebellion against God. This graphic depiction serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of obedience and the seriousness of sin in God's eyes. It underscores the principle that there are grave consequences for turning away from God and breaking His covenant.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, etc. - This was literally fulfilled at the siege of Jerusalem. Josephus, Wars of the Jews, book vii., chap. ii., gives us a particular instance in dreadful detail of a woman named Mary, who, in the extremity of the famine during the siege, killed her sucking child, roasted, and had eaten part of it when discovered by the soldiers! See this threatened, Jer 19:9 (note).

John Gill Bible Commentary

And I will destroy your high places,.... Which Jarchi interprets of towers and palaces; but Aben Ezra of the place of sacrifices; for on high places, hills and mountains, they used to build altars, and there offer sacrifices, in imitation of the Heathens; See Gill on Eze 6:13, and cut down your images; called Chammanim, either from Ham, the son of Noah, the first introducer of idolatrous worship after the flood, as some have thought; or from Jupiter Ammon, worshipped in Egypt, from whence the Jews might have these images; or rather from Chammah, the sun, so called from its heat; so Jarchi says, there were a sort of idols placed on the roofs of houses, and because they were set in the sun, they were called by this name; and Kimchi (s) observes they were made of wood, and made by the worshippers of the sun, see Kg2 23:11; but Aben Ezra is of opinion that these were temples built for the worship of the sun, which is the most early sort of idolatry that appeared in the world, to which Job may be thought to refer, Job 31:26. Some take these to be the or "fire hearths", which Strabo (t) described as large enclosures, in the midst of which was an altar, where the (Persian) Magi kept their fire that never went out, which was an emblem of the sun they worshipped; and these, he says, were in the temples of Anaitis and Omanus, and where the statue of the latter was in great pomp; which idol seems to have its name from the word in the text; and these are fitly added to the high places, because on such, as Herodotus (u) says, the Persians used to worship: and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols; or "dunghill gods" (w); such as the beetle, the Egyptians worshipped, signifying that they and their idols should be destroyed together: and my soul shall abhor you; the reverse of Lev 26:6; and by comparing it with that, this may signify the removal of the divine Presence from them, as a token of his abhorrence of them; and so Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it. (s) Sepher Shorash. rad. & (t) Geograph. l. 15. p. 504. (u) Clio, sive, l. 1. c. 131. (w) "stercoreorum deorum vestrorum", Junius & Trernellius, Piscator, Drusius.

Leviticus 26:29

Punishments for Disobedience

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

American Standard Version (1901)

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

Bible in Basic English

Then you will take the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters for food;

Douay-Rheims 1899

So that you shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters.

Free Bible Version

You will eat the bodies of your own sons and daughters.

Geneva Bible 1599

And ye shall eate ye flesh of your sonnes, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye deuoure.

King James (Authorized) Version

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

One Unity Resource Bible

You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Translation for Translators

You will be extremely hungry, with the result that you will kill your sons and daughters and eat their flesh.

Unlocked Literal Bible

You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Noah Webster Bible

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

World English Bible

You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Young's Literal Translation

'And ye have eaten the flesh of your sons; even flesh of your daughters ye do eat.

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Leviticus 26:29

Verse

Context

Punishments for Disobedience

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Leviticus 26:29

Punishments for Disobedience

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes