Deuteronomy 28:41

41 You shall bear sons and daughters, but they shall not be {yours}, for they shall go into captivity.

Deuteronomy 28:41 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:41

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shall not enjoy
them
Or, "they shall not be thine" ^F17; being taken from them, and given to others, see ( Deuteronomy 28:32 ) ; and for the following reason:

for they shall go into captivity;
as when the ten tribes were carried captive by Shalmaneser, and the two tribes by Nebuchadnezzar, and all the people of the Jews by the Romans.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Kl wyhy alw) "et non erunt tibi", Pagninus, Montanus.

Deuteronomy 28:41 In-Context

39 You shall plant vineyards and you shall dress [them], but you shall not drink wine and you shall not gather grapes, for the worm shall eat it.

40 There shall be olive trees for you in all of your territory, but you shall not anoint [yourself], for your olives shall drop off.

41 You shall bear sons and daughters, but they shall not be {yours}, for they shall go into captivity.

42 The cricket shall take possession of all your trees and the fruit of your ground.

43 The alien that [is] in your midst shall ascend over you, higher [and] higher, but you shall go down lower [and] lower.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "for you"