Deuteronomy 28:43

43 The alien that [is] in your midst shall ascend over you, higher [and] higher, but you shall go down lower [and] lower.

Deuteronomy 28:43 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:43

The stranger that [is] within thee shall get up above thee
very high
In wealth and riches, in power and authority, in honour and dignity. This Manasseh Ben Israel ^F18 interprets of the Samaritans, whom the king of Assyria drove out of Samaria, and the neighbouring places; but the design of the expression is to show how mean and abject they should be in another country; that even one who had been a stranger or proselyte of the gate, when in their own country, should now be vastly above them:

and thou shall come down, very low;
into a very mean condition, to be in great subjection, a vassal and a slave; see ( Psalms 106:41 Psalms 106:42 ) ; and much more when reduced by the Romans, and sent to the mines in Egypt.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 De Termino Vitae, l. 3. sect. 3. p. 128.

Deuteronomy 28:43 In-Context

41 You shall bear sons and daughters, but they shall not be {yours}, for they shall go into captivity.

42 The cricket shall take possession of all your trees and the fruit of your ground.

43 The alien that [is] in your midst shall ascend over you, higher [and] higher, but you shall go down lower [and] lower.

44 He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be [the] head, but you shall be [the] tail.

45 "And all of these curses shall come over you, and they shall pursue you, and they shall overtake you {until you are destroyed}, because {you did not listen} to the voice of Yahweh your God, {by observing} his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you.