Deuteronomy 28:56-57

28:56 Likewise, the most ¹  tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, ²  will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters, 28:57 and will secretly eat her afterbirth ³  and her newborn children ⁴  (since she has nothing else), ⁵  because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

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¹ tc The LXX adds σφόδρα (sfodra, “very”) to bring the description into line with v. 54.

² tn Heb “delicateness and tenderness.”

³ tn Heb includes “that which comes out from between her feet.”

⁴ tn Heb “her sons that she will bear.”

⁵ tn Heb includes “in her need for everything.”