Deuteronomy 28:41

Thou wilt beget sons and daughters, but wilt not have them (with thee), for they shall go into captivity.

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In The King James Version

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

In Context

40Thou wilt have olive trees in all thy borders, but with the oil thou wilt not anoint, for thy olive trees shall waste;

42The locust will consume all the fruitage and the trees of thy land.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:32Thy sons and daughters will be given up to another people, and thy eyes look and fail (with longing) for them all the day, and there shall be no power in thy hand.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:16-45

Threatenings. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19… Read the whole commentary →

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