THEOSISDeuteronomy 28:32Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
May thy sons and thy daughters be given to another people, thy eyes looking on, and languishing at the sight of them all the day, and may there be no strength in thy hand.
בָּנֶ֨יךָ וּבְנֹתֶ֜יךָ נְתֻנִ֨ים לְעַ֤ם אַחֵר֙ וְעֵינֶ֣יךָ רֹא֔וֹת וְכָל֥וֹת אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם וְאֵ֥ין לְאֵ֖ל יָדֶֽךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Joel 3:6And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem, you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country.
- Deut 28:41Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and shalt not enjoy them: because they shall be led into captivity.
- 2 Chr 29:9Behold, our fathers are fallen by the sword, our sons, and our daughters, and wives are led away captives for this wickedness.
- Lam 4:17Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save.
- Ps 69 (68):3
- Ps 119 (118):82
- Amos 5:27And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name.
- Deut 28:18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.