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63 And as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice to bring ruin upon you and to destroy you; and you shall be [a]plucked from the land into which you go to possess.

64 And the Lord shall scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other; and there you shall [be forced to] serve other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. [Fulfilled in Dan. 3:6.]

65 And among these nations you shall find no ease and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot; but the Lord will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes [from disappointment of hope], fainting of mind, and languishing of spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:63 The Roman emperor Hadrian issued a proclamation forbidding any Jews to reside in Judea, or even to approach its confines (James C. Gray and George M. Adams, Bible Commentary).

63 Just as it pleased(A) the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please(B) him to ruin and destroy you.(C) You will be uprooted(D) from the land you are entering to possess.

64 Then the Lord will scatter(E) you among all nations,(F) from one end of the earth to the other.(G) There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.(H) 65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place(I) for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes(J) weary with longing, and a despairing heart.(K)

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