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Deuteronomy 28:32 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand. "
Deuteronomy 28:32
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
30 You will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you won’t dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, and not use its fruit.
31 Your ox will be slain before your eyes, and you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be violently taken away from before your face, and will not be restored to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to save you.
32 Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand.
33 A nation which you don’t know will eat the fruit of your ground and all of your work. You will only be oppressed and crushed always,
34 so that the sights that you see with your eyes will drive you mad.
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Deuteronomy 28:1
"It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the LORD your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth."
Deuteronomy 28:2
"All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to the LORD your God’s voice."
Deuteronomy 28:3
"You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field."
Deuteronomy 28:4
"You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock."
Deuteronomy 28:5
"Your basket and your kneading trough shall be blessed."
Deuteronomy 28:6
"You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out."
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