Deuteronomy 28:37

37 et eris perditus in proverbium ac fabulam omnibus populis ad quos te introduxerit Dominus

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 percutiat te Dominus ulcere pessimo in genibus et in suris sanarique non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum

36 ducet Dominus te et regem tuum quem constitueris super te in gentem quam ignoras tu et patres tui et servies ibi diis alienis ligno et lapidi

37 et eris perditus in proverbium ac fabulam omnibus populis ad quos te introduxerit Dominus

38 sementem multam iacies in terram et modicum congregabis quia lucustae omnia devorabunt

39 vineam plantabis et fodies et vinum non bibes nec colliges ex ea quippiam quoniam vastabitur vermibus