Deuteronomy 28:37

37 Among all the peoples where God will take you, you'll be treated as a lesson or a proverb - a horror!

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 God will hit you with painful boils on your knees and legs and no healing or relief from head to foot.

36 God will lead you and the king you set over you to a country neither you nor your ancestors have heard of; there you'll worship other gods, no-gods of wood and stone.

37 Among all the peoples where God will take you, you'll be treated as a lesson or a proverb - a horror!

38 You'll plant sacks and sacks of seed in the field but get almost nothing - the grasshoppers will devour it.

39 You'll plant and hoe and prune vineyards but won't drink or put up any wine - the worms will devour them.