Deuteronomy 28:41

41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and they shall not be , for they shall depart 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 Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dress it, and shalt not drink the wine, neither shalt thou delight thyself with it, because the worm shall devour it.

40 Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and thou shalt not anoint thee with oil, because thine olive shall utterly cast .

41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and they shall not be , for they shall depart into captivity.

42 All thy trees and the fruits of thy land shall the blight consume.

43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up very high, and thou shalt come down very low.