^{52 Ref} Your towns will be shut in by his armies, till your high walls, in which you put your faith, have come down: his armies will be round your towns, through all your land which the Lord your God has given you.

^{53 Ref} And your food will be the fruit of your body, the flesh of the sons and daughters which the Lord your God has given you; because of your bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters.

^{54 Ref} That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;

^{55 Ref} And will not give to any of them the flesh of his children which will be his food because he has no other; in the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

^{56 Ref} The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;

^{57 Ref} And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

^{58 Ref} If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;

^{59 Ref} Then the Lord your God will make your punishment, and the punishment of your seed, a thing to be wondered at; great punishments and cruel diseases stretching on through long years.

^{60 Ref} He will send on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which were a cause of fear to you, and they will take you in their grip.

^{61 Ref} And all the diseases and the pains not recorded in the book of this law will the Lord send on you till your destruction is complete.