Deuteronomy 28:62
And you shall remain few in number, who before were as the stars of heaven for multitude, because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Deuteronomy 1:10And I said to you at that time:
Deuteronomy 4:27And scatter you among all nations, and you shall remain a few among the nations, to which the Lord shall lead you.
2 Kings 13:7And Joachaz had no more left of the people than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had slain them, and had brought them low as dust by thrashing in the barnfloor.
Nehemiah 7:4And the city was very wide and great, and the people few in the midst thereof, and the houses were not built.
Isaiah 1:9Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.
Isaiah 6:13And there shall be still a tithing therein, and she shall turn, and shall be made a show as a turpentine tree, and as an oak that spreadeth its branches: that which shall stand therein, shall be a holy seed.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:46-68
45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord… Read the whole commentary →