Deuteronomy 28:41

41 You will have sons and daughters, but you will not be able to keep them, because they will be taken captive.

Deuteronomy 28:41 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:41

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shall not enjoy
them
Or, "they shall not be thine" ^F17; being taken from them, and given to others, see ( Deuteronomy 28:32 ) ; and for the following reason:

for they shall go into captivity;
as when the ten tribes were carried captive by Shalmaneser, and the two tribes by Nebuchadnezzar, and all the people of the Jews by the Romans.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Kl wyhy alw) "et non erunt tibi", Pagninus, Montanus.

Deuteronomy 28:41 In-Context

39 You will plant vineyards and work hard in them, but you will not pick the grapes or drink the wine, because the worms will eat them.

40 You will have olive trees in all your land, but you will not get any olive oil, because the olives will drop off the trees.

41 You will have sons and daughters, but you will not be able to keep them, because they will be taken captive.

42 Locusts will destroy all your trees and crops.

43 The foreigners who live among you will get stronger and stronger, and you will get weaker and weaker.