⁵⁷ the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them^(A) secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.

²⁹ You will eat^(A) the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.^(B)

²⁸ Then he asked her, “What’s the matter?”

She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we’ll eat my son.’ ²⁹ So we cooked my son and ate^(A) him. The next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him,’ but she had hidden him.”