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50 a grim-faced nation[a] who does not show respect[b] to the old and the young and does not show pity. 51 And it[c] shall consume the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your ground until you are destroyed,[d] and who will not leave for you any grain, wine, and olive oil, calves of your herds,[e] and lambs of[f] your flock until it has destroyed you.[g] 52 And it shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls fall,[h] which you are trusting in[i] throughout your land;[j] and it shall besiege you in all of your towns in all of your land that Yahweh your God has given to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:50 Literally “a nation fierce/determined of face”
  2. Deuteronomy 28:50 Literally “who not lifts up faces
  3. Deuteronomy 28:51 That is, the invading nation
  4. Deuteronomy 28:51 Literally “until your destroying”
  5. Deuteronomy 28:51 Literally “what is dropped of your herds”
  6. Deuteronomy 28:51 Literally “the offspring of small animals”
  7. Deuteronomy 28:51 Literally “until his to destroy you”
  8. Deuteronomy 28:52 Literally “until the coming down of your walls, high and fortified”
  9. Deuteronomy 28:52 Hebrew “in them,” which is redundant
  10. Deuteronomy 28:52 Literally “in all of your land”

50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old(A) or pity for the young. 51 They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine(B) or olive oil,(C) nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined.(D) 52 They will lay siege(E) to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.(F)

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