Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where Yahweh will lead you away.
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Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where Yahweh will lead you away.
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And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
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And the LORD shall scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the LORD shall lead you away.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 4:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 28:62-64 You will be left few in number, even though you were as the stars of the sky for multitude, because you didn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice. It will happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Yahweh will rejoice over you to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be plucked from the land that you are going in to possess. Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. There you will serve other gods which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
- Leviticus 26:33 I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you. Your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
- Nehemiah 1:3 They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
- Nehemiah 1:8-9 “Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you among the peoples; but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’
- Ezekiel 12:15 “ ‘They will know that I am Yahweh when I disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
- Ezekiel 32:26 “There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude. Their graves are around them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain So that his curse shall make his former blessings…
So that his curse shall make his former blessings of none effect.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations,....…
And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations,.... As they were by both captivities; the ten tribes were dispersed among the cities of the Medes, and the two tribes throughout the empire of Babylon:
and ye shall be left few in number among the Heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you; or be "men of number" (i), so few that they might be easily numbered; which intimates that it should be other wise with them than when in Egypt; there they were multiplied and increased the more they were afflicted, but in these captivities they should be greatly diminished.
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(i) "viri numeri", Montanus, Drusius.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 27. The Lord shall scatter you among the…
Verse 27. The Lord shall scatter you among the nations] This was amply verified in their different captivities and dispersions.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Nations. This prediction we see verified at the present…
Nations. This prediction we see verified at the present day. They are despised by all. No one of their numerous masters embraces their religion. No one of their numerous masters embraces their religion. They are so few, as to hardly possess a single town. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 27. The Lord shall scatter you — How clearly…
27. The Lord shall scatter you — How clearly this was fulfilled in the nation’s history! Assyrians, Babylonians, the Seleucid and Ptolemaic dynasties, and finally the Romans, scattered the rebellious people.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. few in number] Heb. idiom men of a…
27. few in number] Heb. idiom men of a number, easily counted, instead of being innumerable, as the stars in heaven for multitude.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) And the Lord shall scatter you.—Our familiarity with…
(27) And the Lord shall scatter you.—Our familiarity with this fact in history must not blind us to its force when uttered as a prophecy. The fact that the Jews were taken captive for idolatry, and dispersed for the rejection of JESUS, is a remarkable proof that the real reason why they were brought into Canaan, and kept there, was to be witnesses for Jehovah.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Few in number; literally, men of number, i.e. that…
Few in number; literally, men of number, i.e. that may be counted; few as compared with the heathen among whom they should be dispersed. (Gen_34:30) Shall lead you. The verb here (gheni, Piel of ghn) is frequently used in the sense of conducting gently and kindly (Isa_49:10 Isa_63:14; Psa_48:14 Psa_78:52) but it also means to drive, to carry off, to convey forcibly (Exo_14:25; Exo_10:13; Psa_78:26) the connection shows that it is in the latter sense it is to be taken here. Dispersed among the heathen, they, who had dishonored God by making an image to represent him, should be compelled to do service to mere dead idols, the work of men"s hands, which not only could not hear or see, as God can, but also could not-perform even such animal functions as eating and smelling (Psa_115:4-7; Jer_10:3-9) These idols are called "gods" by Moses,because they were so counted by those who worshipped them; elsewhere he stigmatizes them as "abominations," things to be loathed and abhorred ( (Deu_27:15 Deu_29:17) As had been their sin, so should be their punishment; as they had dishonored God, so should they be themselves dishonored; as they had worshipped by an image him who is spirit and without form, they should be made to sink down to an utterly materialized worship, that of mere idols, the work of men"s hands; as they had apostatized from the one holy and true God, they should be degraded to become the servants of abominations, objects of loathing and abhorrence (Jer_16:13; Act_7:42) God, however, would not utterly cast them off: if, in their misery and degradation, they should repent and turn again to him and seek him sincerely and earnestly, they should find him; for he is a merciful God, and mindful of the covenant which he swam unto their fathers (cf. Lev_26:39, etc.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Moses continues speaking to the people of Israel.
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Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples
Moses speaks as if the people were seeds that Yahweh would scatter around a field. AT: "Yahweh will send you to many different places and force you to live there" (See: Metaphor)
will lead you away
"will send you" or "will cause your enemies to take you away"
the work of men's hands, wood and stone
Here "men's hands" refers the men themselves, and "the work ... wood and stone" to the idols that they have created. AT: "the wood and stone idols that men have made" (See: Synecdoche)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 4:27 scatter you: One of the curses directed against…
4:27 scatter you: One of the curses directed against Israel if it violated the terms of the covenant was the dispersion of the people to the ends of the earth (28:64). This judgment later came to pass repeatedly, especially when the Assyrians occupied the northern kingdom in 722 BC, when the Babylonians conquered Judah in 605–586 BC, and when Jerusalem was destroyed in AD 70.
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