Adam Clarke on Deuteronomy 28:56
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Deuteronomy28:56
The tender and delicate woman - This was literally fulfilled when Jerusalem was besieged by the Romans; a woman named Mary, of a noble family, driven to distraction by famine, boiled and ate her own child! See a similar case 2Kgs 6:29 (note); and Lev 26:29 (note).
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