Deuteronomy 28:62

And ye shall be left men few in number, whereas ye had become as the stars of the heavens for multitude,—because thou hast not hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh thy God.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

In Context

61even every disease and, every plague, which are not written in this scroll of the law, will Yahweh bring up against thee, until thou art destroyed,

63And it shall come to pass that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so, will Yahweh rejoice over you, to cause you to perish and to destroy you,—and ye shall be torn away, from off the soil, whither thou art going in to possess it;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:10Yahweh your God hath multiplied you, and here ye are to-day, like the stars of the heavens for multitude.

Deuteronomy 4:27and Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples,—and ye shall have left remaining of you men easily counted, among the nations whither Yahweh will drive you;

2 Kings 13:7For he had not left remaining unto Jehoahaz a people, save only fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen,—for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like dust in threshing.

Nehemiah 7:4Now, the city, was broad on both hands, and large, but, the people, were few in the midst thereof,—and the houses had not been built.

Isaiah 1:9If, Yahweh of hosts, had not left us a very small remnant, Like Sodom, had we become, Gomorrah, had we resembled.

Isaiah 6:13Yet still shall there be in it a tenth, Though it again be consumed,—Like an oak and like a terebinth Which when felled, have a stock in them, A holy seed, shall be the stock thereof.

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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