Deuteronomy 28:37

37 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.^[a]

Deuteronomy 28:37 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:37

And thou shall become an astonishment
To neighbouring nations, that shall hear of their overthrow and captivity, and that shall see the miserable condition they are brought into:

a proverb and a byword among all nations whither the Lord shall lead
thee;
both for the wickedness committed by them, and for the ill usage of them by the nations among whom they should be, as they were in the Babylonish captivity; see ( Jeremiah 24:9 ) ; and now are, it being common to say,

``do you think I am a Jew?''

or,

``none but a Jew would have done such a thing.''

Deuteronomy 28:37 In-Context

35 The Lord will afflict you on your knees and thighs with painful and incurable boils from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

36 "The Lord will bring you and your king that you have appointed to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone.

37 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.

38 "You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because locusts will devour it.

39 You will plant and cultivate vineyards but not drink the wine or gather [the grapes], because worms will eat them.

Footnotes

• [a]. 1 Kg 9:7; 2 Ch 7:20; Jr 24:9