Deuteronomy 28:65

65 Among these nations you will not find repose, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; rather ADONAI will give you there anguish of heart, dimness of eyes and apathy of spirit.

Deuteronomy 28:65 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:65

And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither
shall the sole of thy foot have rest
No quiet settlement, nor certain dwelling, being obliged to move from place to place through cruel edicts, heavy fines and mulcts, exorbitant taxes and impositions, and diligent search made after them by the courts of the inquisition, especially where any substance was to be gotten. The Jews themselves

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 own that this passage is now fulfilled in them:

but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart;
being always in fear lest their persons should be seized on, their children taken from them, and their goods confiscated; hence the poet ^F21 gives them the epithet of "trembling":

and failing of eyes:
in looking for a vainly expected Messiah, to deliver them from all their fears and troubles:

and sorrow of mind;
under their present afflictions and calamities.

F20 Shebet Judah, p. 108, 109. Manasseh Ben Israel de Termino Vitae, l. 3. sect. 3. p. 132.
F21 "----Judea tremens----". Juvenal, Satyr 6. v. 543.

Deuteronomy 28:65 In-Context

63 "Thus it will come about that just as once ADONAI took joy in seeking to do you good and increase your numbers, so now ADONAI will take joy in causing you to perish and be destroyed, and you will be plucked off the land you are entering in order to take possession of it.

64 ADONAI will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods, made of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.

65 Among these nations you will not find repose, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; rather ADONAI will give you there anguish of heart, dimness of eyes and apathy of spirit.

66 Your life will hang in doubt before you; you will be afraid night and day and have no assurance that you will stay alive.

67 In the morning you will say, 'Oh, how I wish it were evening!' and in the evening you will say, 'Oh, how I wish it were morning!'-because of the fear overwhelming your heart and the sights your eyes will see.