Deuteronomy 28:41

41 You will have children. But you won't be able to keep them. They'll be taken away as prisoners.

Deuteronomy 28:41 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:41

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shall not enjoy
them
Or, "they shall not be thine" ^F17; being taken from them, and given to others, see ( Deuteronomy 28:32 ) ; and for the following reason:

for they shall go into captivity;
as when the ten tribes were carried captive by Shalmaneser, and the two tribes by Nebuchadnezzar, and all the people of the Jews by the Romans.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Kl wyhy alw) "et non erunt tibi", Pagninus, Montanus.

Deuteronomy 28:41 In-Context

39 You will plant vineyards and take care of them. But you won't drink the wine. You won't gather the grapes. Worms will eat them up.

40 You will have olive trees through your whole country. But you won't use the oil. The olives will drop off the trees.

41 You will have children. But you won't be able to keep them. They'll be taken away as prisoners.

42 Large numbers of locusts will eat up the leaves on all of your trees. They will also eat up the crops on your land.

43 Outsiders who live among you will become your leaders. They will rise higher and higher. But you will sink lower and lower.