into Egypt. So Hosea 8:13 ; Hosea 9:3 . May be put by Figure of speech Metonymy for servitude. ships. Second occurrence in O.T. See Genesis 49:13 . sold = put up for sale. buy you. This is the end of Moses' fifth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:6 . read more
"If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD; then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not... read more
Ver. 53-56. In the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee— In the sieges before mentioned, they were to suffer much especially from famine. Accordingly we find, that when the king of Syria came against Samaria, there was a great famine there; and behold they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, &c. 2 Kings 6:25. When Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem, the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 2... read more
Ver. 57. And towards her young one, &c.— For a critical discussion of this passage, we refer to Houbigant's note on the place, and to his Prolegomena, p. 35. He renders it, and she shall boil that which cometh, &c. even her infants, whom she shall spare that she may eat them secretly for want, &c. read more
Ver. 59. The Lord will make thy plagues wonderful—great plagues, and of long continuance— Have not their plagues continued now these seventeen hundred years? Their former captivities were very short in comparison. Ezekiel and Daniel prophesied in the land of the Chaldeans: but now they have no true prophet to foretel an end of their calamities; they have only false Messiahs to delude them, and to aggravate their misfortunes. In their former captivities, they had the comfort of being conveyed to... read more
Ver. 62. Ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars, &c.— To mention no other of the calamities and slaughters which they have undergone, there was in the last siege of Jerusalem by Titus, an infinite multitude, who, according to Josephus, perished by famine: he computes that, during the whole siege, the number of those who were destroyed by that, and by the war, amounted to 1,100,000; the people being assembled from all parts to celebrate the passover. The same author... read more
Ver. 63. And ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it— They were, indeed, plucked from off their own land, when the ten tribes were carried into captivity by the king of Assyria, and other nations were planted in their stead; when the two other tribes were carried away captive to Babylon; and when the Romans took away their place and nation; besides other captivities and transportations of the people. Afterwards, when the Emperor Adrian had subdued the rebellious... read more
Ver. 64. And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people— They were not only to be plucked from their own land, but also to be dispersed into all nations. Nehemiah, ch. Deuteronomy 1:8-9, confesseth that these words were fulfilled in the Babylonish captivity; but they have more amply been fulfilled since the great dispersion of the Jews by the Romans. Indeed, what people have been scattered so far and wide as they? And where is the nation that is a stranger to them, or to which they are... read more
Ver. 65. Among these nations shalt thou find no ease— Shalt thou find no plenty, neither shalt thou have where to rest the sole of thy foot. Schult. 306. They have been so far from finding rest, that they have been banished from city to city, from country to country. In many places they have been banished and recalled, and banished again. We will only just mention their great banishments in former times, and from countries well known. In the latter end of the thirteenth century, they were... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 28:67
Would God. Figure of speech Eu c h e. App-6 . read more