Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:55
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat,…. Neither give to a brother, nor to a wife, nor to any of his remaining children, the least bit of the flesh of a child he has killed and dressed for his own food; which adds to the barbarity of his action:
because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates; every creature being eaten up, dogs, cats, c. and whatsoever else could be any ways made food of as the dung of beasts, belts, shoes, the leather on shields, c. as Josephus d says they did eat and this being the case, nothing eatable remaining, therefore his heart would be hardened against his nearest relations, and not allow them the least part with him, even of what was so shocking and unnatural.
d De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 3. sect. 3.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(55) So that he will not give to any of them.-A complication of horrors is here described. They shall eat some of their children and refuse to share even this food with those that are left.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
in the siege: Jer 5:10, Jer 34:2, Jer 52:6
Reciprocal: Deu 28:16 – in the field Deu 28:53 – the fruit Jer 47:3 – the fathers