Deuteronomy 28:41

41 "¹You shall have sons and daughters but they will not be yours, for they will 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 and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour them.

40 "You shall have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off.

41 "You shall have sons and daughters but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity.

42 "The cricket shall possess all your trees and the produce of your ground.

43 "The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 28:32

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "beget"