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.

Deuteronomy 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ⁶  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ⁷  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 3:26-27

3:26 But the Lord was angry at me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, he ⁸  said to me, “Enough of that! ⁹  Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. 3:27 Go up to the top of Pisgah and take a good look to the west, north, south, and east, ¹⁰  for you will not be allowed to cross the Jordan.

Deuteronomy 3:2

3:2 The Lord, however, said to me, “Don’t be afraid of him because I have already given him, his whole army, ¹¹  and his land to you. You will do to him exactly what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon.”

Deuteronomy 6:1

Exhortation to Keep the Covenant Principles

6:1 Now these are the commandments, ¹²  statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed ¹³ 

Deuteronomy 6:1

Exhortation to Keep the Covenant Principles

6:1 Now these are the commandments, ¹⁴  statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed ¹⁵ 

Lamentations 2:20

Jerusalem Speaks:

ר (Resh)

2:20 Look, O Lord! Consider! ¹⁶ 

Whom have you ever afflicted ¹⁷  like this?

Should women eat their offspring, ¹⁸ 

their healthy infants? ¹⁹ 

Should priest and prophet

be killed in the Lord’s ²⁰  sanctuary?

Romans 1:31

1:31 senseless, covenant-breakers, ²¹  heartless, ruthless.

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.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

⁷ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

⁸ tn Heb “the Lord.” For stylistic reasons the pronoun (“he”) has been used in the translation here.

⁹ tn Heb “much to you” (an idiom).

¹⁰ tn Heb “lift your eyes to the west, north, south, and east and see with your eyes.” The translation omits the repetition of “your eyes” for stylistic reasons.

¹¹ tn Heb “people.”

¹² tn Heb “commandment.” The word מִצְוָה (mitsvah) again is in the singular, serving as a comprehensive term for the whole stipulation section of the book. See note on the word “commandments” in 5:31.

¹³ tn Heb “where you are going over to possess it” (so NASB); NRSV “that you are about to cross into and occupy.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “commandment.” The word מִצְוָה (mitsvah) again is in the singular, serving as a comprehensive term for the whole stipulation section of the book. See note on the word “commandments” in 5:31.

¹⁵ tn Heb “where you are going over to possess it” (so NASB); NRSV “that you are about to cross into and occupy.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “Look, O Lord! See!” When used in collocation with verbs of cognition, רָאָה (ra’ah) means “to see for oneself” or “to take notice” (1 Sam 26:12). The parallelism between seeing and understanding is often emphasized (e.g., Exod 16:6; Isa 5:19; 29:15; Job 11:11; Eccl 6:5). See also 1:11 and cf. 1:9, 12, 20; 3:50, 59, 60; 5:1.

¹⁷ tn For the nuance “afflict” see the note at 1:12.

¹⁸ tn Heb “their fruit.” The term פְּרִי (pÿri, “fruit”) is used figuratively to refer to children as the fruit of a mother’s womb (e.g., Gen 30:2; Deut 7:13; 28:4, 11, 18, 53; 30:9; Pss 21:11; 127:3; 132:11; Isa 13:18; Mic 6:7).

¹⁹ tn Heb “infants of healthy childbirth.” The genitive-construct phrase עֹלֲלֵי טִפֻּחִים (’olale tippukhim) functions as an attributive genitive construction: “healthy newborn infants.” The noun טִפֻּחִים (tippukhim) appears only here. It is related to the verb טָפַח (tafakh), meaning “to give birth to a healthy child” or “to raise children” depending on whether the Arabic or Akkadian cognate is emphasized. For the related verb, see below at 2:22.

²⁰ tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”) as at the beginning of the verse. See the tc note at 1:14.

²¹ tn Or “promise-breakers.”