Deuteronomio 28:32

32 I tuoi figliuoli e le tue figliuole saranno date ad un popolo straniere; e gli occhi tuoi lo vedranno, e verranno meno del continuo dietro a loro, e non avrai alcuna forza nelle mani.

Deuteronomio 28:32 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:32

Thy sons and thy daughters [shall be] given unto another
people
This also was not true in the Babylonish captivity; for then their sons and daughters went with them, and continued with them, and returned again; but has been oftentimes verified since their captivity by the Romans; frequently their sons and daughters have been taken from them by force, to be brought up in another religion, by the edicts of kings and popes, and by the canons of councils, and particularly of the fourth council of Toledo:

and thine eyes shall look and fail;
with longing:

for them all the day long;
expecting every day their children would be returned to them, at least wishing and hoping they would; their hearts yearning after them, but all in vain:

and [there shall be] no might in thy hand;
to recover them out of the hands of those who had the possession of them, or fetch them back from distant countries, whither they were carried. By an edict of the Portuguese, the children of the Jews were ordered to be carried to the uninhabited islands; and when, by the king's command, they were had to the ships in which they were to be transported, it is incredible, the Jewish historian says ^F12, what howlings and lamentations were made by the women; and there wore none pitied them and comforted them, or could help them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Shebet Judah, sive Hist. Jud. sect. 59. p. 332.

Deuteronomio 28:32 In-Context

30 Tu sposerai moglie, e un altro si giacerà con lei; tu edificherai case, ma non vi abiterai dentro; tu pianterai vigne, e non ne coglierai il frutto per uso tuo comune.

31 Il tuo bue sarà ammazzato nel tuo cospetto, e tu non ne mangerai; il tuo asino sarà rapito d’innanzi a te, e non ti sarà renduto; le tue pecore saranno date a’ tuoi nemici, e non vi sarà alcuno che te le riscuota.

32 I tuoi figliuoli e le tue figliuole saranno date ad un popolo straniere; e gli occhi tuoi lo vedranno, e verranno meno del continuo dietro a loro, e non avrai alcuna forza nelle mani.

33 Un popolo che tu non avrai conosciuto mangerà il frutto della tua terra, e tutta la tua fatica; e del continuo non sarai se non oppressato e conquassato.

34 E tu diventerai forsennato per le cose che vedrai con gli occhi.