1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Deuteronomy 28:53 | *And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb, and the flesh of thy sons, and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in the distress and extremity wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee. Lamentations 4:10.; Baruch 2:2-3. | Womb; a cruelty which the Jews were guilty of in the sieges of Samaria and of Jerusalem. See Baruch 2:2, 13., Lamentations 2:20., and iv., and 4 Kings 6:28., and Josephus, Jewish Wars 7:8. (Calmet) |