28:54 The man among you who is by nature tender and sensitive will turn against his brother, his beloved wife, and his remaining children.
Deuteronomy 20:8
20:8 In addition, the officers are to say to the troops, “Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier’s 1 heart as fearful 2 as his own.”
Deuteronomy 28:56
28:56 Likewise, the most 3 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, 4 will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,
1 tnHeb “his brother’s.”
2 tnHeb “melted.”
1 tc The LXX adds σφόδρα (sfodra, “very”) to bring the description into line with v. 54.