John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your high places ,.... Which Jarchi interprets of towers and palaces; but Aben Ezra of the place of sacrifices; for on high places, hills and mountains, they used to build altars, and there offer sacrifices, in imitation of the Heathens; See Gill on Ezekiel 6:13 , and cut down your images ; called Chammanim, either from Ham, the son of Noah, the first introducer of idolatrous worship after the flood, as some have thought; or from Jupiter Ammon, worshipped in Egypt,... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:29
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons ,.... Which was fulfilled at the siege of Samaria, in the times of Joram, 2 Kings 6:29 ; and at the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, Lamentations 4:10 ; and though there is no instance of it at that time in the sacred records, the Jews F16 Torat Cohanim in Yalkut, par. 1. fol. 197. 1. tells us of one Doeg ben Joseph, who died and left a little one with his mother, who was very fond of him; but at this siege slew him with her own hands,... read more