Leviticus 26:27

"And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you. And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors. And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste."

This is the fifth degree of intensity of the judgments promised for persistent rebellion and disobedience, and in it were included the ultimates of:

(1) military defeat,

(2) cannibalism,

(3) loss of their land,

(4) their scattering among the nations,

(5) the killing of many,

(6) the desolation of their cities,

(7) the utter abhorrence of God Himself, and

(8) even the destruction of their sanctuaries (the temple being destroyed twice).

"I will destroy your high places ..." These were the cultic shrines, relics of the worship of Baal, which Israel attempted to synthesize with the worship of Jehovah. Not only were these to be destroyed, but even the holy shrines such as the tabernacle and the temples that succeeded them were also proscribed in these judgments. Did such judgments actually come upon Israel? Indeed, they did!

These verses are an accurate prophetic portrayal of the Jew since the day of the Babylonian captivity, as he has been scattered among the nations. Wave after wave of anti-Semitism has descended upon him to destroy him. Here is even a striking picture of the Nazi anti-Semitic movement. You can see that this Book of Leviticus is up-to-date.[26]

The cannibalism of Leviticus 26:29 was experienced in Israel no less than three times:

(1) in the siege of Samaria (2 Kings 6:29; Lamentations 4:10),

(2) in the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, and,

(3) in the siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.[27]