Jeremiah 5:17

which thy sons and thy daughters should eat This is the rendering which the Heb. on the whole suggests, though the meaning maybe, they shall eat thy sons and thy daughters. Seeing, however, that cannibalism is not to be attributed to the Scythians, it is probable that the clause is either metaphorical (cp. Jeremiah 3:24) or has been inserted through the influence of the closely connected passage, Deuteronomy 28:49-53, where, however, it is the besieged who are driven to this resort.

shall beat down not, as mg. impoverish.