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Deuteronomy 28:49 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose language you will not understand, "
Deuteronomy 28:49
Verse in Context
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47 Because you didn’t serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
48 therefore you will serve your enemies whom the LORD sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose language you will not understand,
50 a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young.
51 They will eat the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed. They also won’t leave you grain, new wine, oil, the increase of your livestock, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
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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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