Leviticus 26:29

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

Cross-references

In Deuteronomy 28:53-57, the same curse of eating children during siege is repeated — it directly cites the covenant warning from Leviticus 26:29.

2 Kings 6:28 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 6:28, a woman reports eating her son during famine — a historical fulfillment of the siege curse prophesied in Leviticus 26:29.

2 Kings 6:29 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 6:29, this curse is fulfilled historically during Samaria's siege — a woman boils and eats her son.

Jeremiah 19:9 repeats the same curse verbatim — God will make them eat their children during siege.

Lamentations 2:20 laments the horror of women eating their offspring — an echo of this curse in Jerusalem's fall.

Lamentations 4:10 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 4:10 describes compassionate women boiling their own children — a vivid fulfillment of this curse.

Ezekiel 5:10 pronounces a similar curse — fathers will eat sons, sons eat fathers — reinforcing the same judgment.

Isaiah 49:15 contrasts a mother's natural compassion with God's unfailing love — the opposite of this curse where mothers devour children.

In Isaiah 65:23, the blessing of safe offspring contrasts with the curse of eating children in Lev 26:29, showing covenant reversal.

Lamentations 4:3 Prophetic fulfillment

In Lamentations 4:3, the cruelty to children during siege echoes the cannibalism curse of Lev 26:29, portraying its fulfillment.