Deuteronomy 28:64-68

64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.

65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart.

66 You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life.

67 In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.

68 The LORD will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.

Deuteronomy 28:64-68 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 28

In this chapter Moses enlarges on the blessings and the curses which belong, the one to the doers, the other to the transgressors of the law; the blessings, De 28:1-14; the curses, some of which concern individual persons, others the whole nation and body of people, and that both under the former and present dispensations, and which had their fulfilment in their former captivities, and more especially in their present dispersion, De 28:15-68.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 26:33; S Deuteronomy 4:27; Ezra 9:7; Isaiah 6:12; Jeremiah 32:23; Jeremiah 43:11; Jeremiah 52:27
• 2. Nehemiah 1:8; Psalms 44:11; Jeremiah 13:24; Jeremiah 18:17; Jeremiah 22:22
• 3. S Deuteronomy 4:32; S Jeremiah 8:19
• 4. Deuteronomy 11:28; Deuteronomy 32:17
• 5. Lamentations 1:3
• 6. Job 11:20
• 7. Leviticus 26:16,36; Hosea 9:17
• 8. ver 34; Job 7:4
• 9. S Exodus 13:14