47. If the Lord makes you wealthy, but you don't joyfully worship and honour him,
48. he will send enemies to attack you and make you their slaves. Then you will live in poverty with nothing to eat, drink, or wear, and your owners will work you to death.
49. Foreigners who speak a strange language will be sent to attack you without warning, just like an eagle swooping down.
50. They won't show any mercy, and they will have no respect for old people or pity for children.
51. They will take your cattle, sheep, goats, grain, wine, and olive oil, then leave you to starve.
52. All over the land that the Lord your God gave you, the enemy army will surround your towns. You may feel safe inside your town walls, but the enemy will tear them down,
53. while you wait in horror. Finally, you will get so hungry that you will eat the sons and daughters that the Lord gave you.
54-55. Because of hunger, a man who had been gentle and kind will eat his own children and refuse to share the meal with his brother or wife or with his other children.