Deuteronomy 28:49-52

49 "¹The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, ²as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand,

50 a nation of fierce countenance who will ³have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.

51 "Moreover, it shall eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who also leaves you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the increase of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish.

52 "⁴It shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which the LORD your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 28:49-52 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 28

In this chapter Moses enlarges on the blessings and the curses which belong, the one to the doers, the other to the transgressors of the law; the blessings, De 28:1-14; the curses, some of which concern individual persons, others the whole nation and body of people, and that both under the former and present dispensations, and which had their fulfilment in their former captivities, and more especially in their present dispersion, De 28:15-68.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 5:26-30; Isaiah 7:18-20; Jeremiah 5:15; Jeremiah 6:22, 23
• 2. Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22; Lamentations 4:19; Hosea 8:1
• 3. Isaiah 47:6
• 4. Jeremiah 10:17, 18; Zephaniah 1:15, 16

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "fruit"
• [b]. Lit "gates"
• [c]. Lit "gates"