Deuteronomy 28:41

You will have sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, for they will 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

40You will have olive trees within all your territory, but you will not rub any of the oil on yourself, for your olive trees will drop their fruit.

42All your trees and the fruit of your ground—the locusts will take them over.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and your daughters will be given to other peoples; your eyes will look for them the entire day, but will fail with longing for them. There will be no strength in your hand.

Isaiah 65:23They will not labor in vain, nor give birth to dismay. 1 For they are the children of those blessed by Yahweh, and their descendants with them. 1

Daniel 1:3The king spoke to Ashpenaz, his chief official, to bring in some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility—

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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