Leviticus 26:29

²⁷ But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,

²⁸ then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

³⁰ I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

³¹ I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.
KJV: And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
WEB: You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
ASV: And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
DARBY: And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
BLB: And you⁺ shall eat the flesh of your⁺ sons; even the flesh of your⁺ daughters you⁺ shall eat.

ÅB: Dere skal spise deres sønners kjøtt og spise deres døtres kjøtt.
OTB: Dere vil fortære kjøttet av deres sønner og kjøttet av deres døtre.
B1930: I skal ete eders sønners kjøtt og ete eders døtres kjøtt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 24:19
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
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Ezekiel 5:10
As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’
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Deuteronomy 28:53–57
Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
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Lamentations 4:10
The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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Lamentations 2:20
Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
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2 Kings 6:28–29
Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’
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Luke 23:29
Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
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Jeremiah 19:9
I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
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