Deuteronomy 28:64

“Yahweh will scatter you among many people-groups, all over the earth, and in those areas/places you will serve other gods that are made of wood or stone, gods which you and your ancestors have never known/worshiped.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

In Context

63Yahweh was very happy to do good things for you and to cause you to become very numerous, but now he will be happy to ruin you and get rid of you. Those of you who do not die from these plagues will be snatched away from the land that you will soon be entering to possess.

65In those places you will be restless. Yahweh will cause you to be constantly worried/anxious, feel hopeless, and discouraged.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:27And the rest of you, Yahweh will force you to go and live among the people of many other nations. Only a few of you will ◄survive/remain alive► there.

Deuteronomy 28:36Yahweh will cause your king and the rest of you to be taken to another country, to a place in which you and your ancestors have never lived before, and there you will worship and serve gods that are made of wood or stone.

Jeremiah 16:13So, I will throw you out of this land, and I will send you to a land that you and your ancestors have never known about. There you will worship other gods day and night. And I will not act mercifully toward you.’

Ezekiel 11:16So tell them, “This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Although I caused them to be taken far away from Israel and scattered them among other nations, for a short time I will ◄be like a refuge for/protect► them in the countries to which they have been taken.”

Zechariah 2:10Yahweh says, “ You people of Jerusalem [APO], shout and be happy, because I will be coming to you and I will live among you!”

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 →

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