Leviticus 26:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. ”

Leviticus 26:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22-23 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20-33 , so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage re...
Leviticus 26:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The results of neglect of the third warning: the extremities of famine and captivity; siege; desolation of the country, destruction of the cities, uselessness of all religious observances; dispersion...
Leviticus 26:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

29. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons. This scourge is still more severe and terrible (than the others;) (229) yet we know that the Israelites were smitten with it more than once. This...
Leviticus 26:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. Ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, etc. - This was literally fulfilled at the siege of Jerusalem. Josephus, Wa...
Leviticus 26:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. Ye shall eat the flesh of your sons. The revolting picture was actually exhibited at the siege of Samari...
Leviticus 26:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Concluding Exhortations Similar exhortations are found at the conelusion of other codes of laws, as in Exodus 23:20 ,; and frequently in Deuteronomy, e.g. in Leviticus 28. The leading ideas and p...
Leviticus 26:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons. — The harrowing scene here described is also depicted in Deuteronomy 28:53-57 . This prediction actually came to pass at the siege of Samaria by the Syrian...
Leviticus 26:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE PROMISES AND THREATS OF THE COVENANT Leviticus 26:1-46 ONE would have expected that this chapter would have been the last in the book of Leviticus, for it forms a natural and fitting close...
Leviticus 26:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Desolation and Captivity for the Stubborn Leviticus 26:21-46 Notwithstanding the solemn and appalling pictures placed before Israel in these verses, they forsook the Lord and served other gods....
Leviticus 26:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In these brief repetitions of laws two gracious promises and solemn warnings were set forth. The laws reiterated were fundamental. There must be no idolatry. There must be perpetual observance of the...
Leviticus 26:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! still keep your mind in contemplation on the process of divine judgments. From temporal punishments the LORD proceeds to spiritual. And when it comes to this, that the sanctuary is desolate,...
Leviticus 26:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons ,.... Which was fulfilled at the siege of Samaria, in the times of Joram, 2 Kings 6:29 ; and at the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, Lamentations 4:10...
Leviticus 26:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. Ver. 29. And ye shall eat. ] As they did. 2Ki 6:29 Lam 4:19 Pone pretium humanae corni, was once heard open...
Leviticus 26:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye shall eat the flesh of your sons Through extreme hunger. This is the very utmost calamity that could come upon a people. See it described at large, and in the most lively colours, Deuteronomy 2...
Leviticus 26:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter is more or less a summary of the moral lessons of the book of Leviticus, a chapter that presses home the seriousness of having to do with a God of absolute holiness and truth. It is divi...
Leviticus 26:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings. B. C. 1490. 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all thes...
Leviticus 26:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Through extreme hunger. See Lamentations 4:10 .
Leviticus 26:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Cursings ( Leviticus 26:14-38 ). In the ancient second millennium covenants the cursings were regularly more than the blessings, and so it is here. The devastating consequence of disobedience...
Leviticus 26:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Religion as determining a Nation’s Destiny SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 26:1-13 .—If ye walk in My statutes, etc. The Lord engaged to enrich them as a nation with temporal blessings and religio...
Leviticus 26:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 26:1 . Neither set up any image of stone, any large sightly stone. The druids were apt to bring or roll large stones from afar, as at Stone-henge, at Shap in Westmoreland; at Stanton Dre...
Leviticus 26:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then I will walk contrary unto you. God’s determination to punish sinners I. As affecting supposition stated. “If ye will not,” &c. The Lord here supposes that His people may commit three g...
Leviticus 26:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART V. CONCLUDING EXHORTATION . EXPOSITION THE first two verses of this chapter contain a prohibition of idolatry, and a command to observe the sabbath and to reverence God's sanctuary;...
Leviticus 26:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Curse upon the Disobedient
Leviticus 26:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 6:28 ; 2 Kings 6:29 ; Deuteronomy 28:53-57 ; Ezekiel 5:10 ; Jeremiah 19:9 ; Lamentations 2:20 ; Lamentations 4:10 ; Luke 23:29 ; Matthew 24:19
Leviticus 26:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The flesh of your sons — Through extreme hunger. See Lamentations 4:10 .

Leviticus 26:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 26:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 26:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 26:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 26:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 26:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 26:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 26:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 26:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 26:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 26:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 26:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 26:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes