Deuteronomy 4:27

27 The LORD will scatter you among the nations. Only a very few of you will survive in the countries where the LORD will drag you.

Deuteronomy 4:27 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:27

And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations
As they were by both captivities; the ten tribes were dispersed among the cities of the Medes, and the two tribes throughout the empire of Babylon:

and ye shall be left few in number among the Heathen, whither the Lord
shall lead you;
or be "men of number" ^F9, so few that they might be easily numbered; which intimates that it should be other wise with them than when in Egypt; there they were multiplied and increased the more they were afflicted, but in these captivities they should be greatly diminished.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (rpom ytm) "viri numeri", Montanus, Drusius.

Deuteronomy 4:27 In-Context

25 Once you have had children and grandchildren and have grown old on the land, if you ruin things by making an idol, in any form whatsoever, and do what is evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and anger him,

26 I call heaven and earth as my witnesses against you today: You will definitely disappear—and quickly—from the land that you are crossing over the Jordan River to possess. You won't extend your time there but will instead be totally destroyed.

27 The LORD will scatter you among the nations. Only a very few of you will survive in the countries where the LORD will drag you.

28 There you will worship other gods, made of wood and stone by human hands—gods that cannot see, listen, eat, or smell.

29 You will seek the LORD your God from there, and you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your being.