This talks to Israel specifically. No one else is involved. These people God chose to be his children, and he treats them like we treat our children. If they continue rebelling, the discipline will only be more harsh. Through trial and error, however, they will learn and learn how it was a good thing they were taught what they were. The eating of children is what happens if they think their way is better than God’s. They will [b]want[/b] to eat their children because it’s the path they chose. God doesn’t force it on them. You think Israel was screwed up? Think again. Every other nation worshipped death. They worshipped cannibalism. They worshipped murder. They worshipped themselves. Notice not one nation of them still stands. The followers of God, however, do. If not anything else, those nations are examples. They succeeded in everything that they wanted, but their victories were short lived. In the Christian Age, we are not given immediate punishment, but time to look back on those mistakes. The time will come that every nation of today is demolished by their own doing. The believers, however, will still stand.