Deuteronomy 28:43

43 The stranger that liveth with thee in the land, shall rise up over thee, and shall be higher: and thou shalt go down, and be 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 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and shalt not enjoy them: because they shall be led into captivity.

42 The blast shall consume all the trees and the fruits of thy ground.

43 The stranger that liveth with thee in the land, shall rise up over thee, and shall be higher: and thou shalt go down, and be lower.

44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him. He shall be as the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

45 And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue and overtake thee, till thou perish: because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God, and didst not keep his commandments and ceremonies which he commanded thee.