1-14 The blessings for obedience 15-68 The curses for disobedience

If thou shalt De 11:13 15:5 27:1 Ex 15:26 Le 26:3 Ps 106:3 111:10 Isa 1:19 3:10 55:2,3 Jer 11:4 12:16 17:24 Lu 11:28

to do all Ps 119:6,128 Lu 1:6 Joh 15:14 Ga 3:10 Jas 2:10,11

will set De 26:19 Ps 91:14 148:14 Lu 9:48 Ro 2:7

2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

come on thee De 28:15,45 Zec 1:6 1Ti 4:8

3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

in the city Ps 107:36,37 128:1-5 144:12-15 Isa 65:21-23 Zec 8:3-5

in the field Ge 26:12 39:5 Am 9:13,14 Hag 2:19 Mal 3:10,11

4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

De 4:11 7:13 Ge 22:17 49:25 Le 26:9 Ps 107:38 127:3 128:3 Pr 10:22 20:7 1Ti 4:8

5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

thy basket By basket, may be understood the olive gathering and vintage, in which it was employed; and by the store of remainder, all laid up for future use, or prepared for present consumption.

store. or, dough, or kneading troughs.

6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

De 31:2 Nu 27:17 2Sa 3:25 2Ch 1:10 Ps 121:8

7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

shall cause De 28:25 32:30 Le 26:7,8 2Sa 22:38-41 Ps 89:23

flee before Jos 8:22 10:10,11,42 1Sa 7:3,4,10,11 2Ch 14:2-6,9-15 19:4 20:22-25 31:20,21 32:21,22

8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

command Le 25:21 Ps 42:8 44:4 133:3

storehouses.or, barns Le 26:4,5,10 2Ki 6:27 Ps 144:13 Pr 3:9,10 Hag 2:19 Mal 3:10,11 Mt 6:26 13:30 Lu 12:18,24,25

settest De 15:10

9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

establish De 7:6 26:18,19 29:13 Ge 17:7 Ex 19:5,6 Ps 87:5 Isa 1:26 62:12 2Th 3:3 Tit 2:14 1Pe 2:9-11 5:10

sworn De 7:8 13:17 29:12 Ex 19:5,6 Jer 11:5 Heb 6:13-18

10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

And all Mal 3:12

called Nu 6:27 2Ch 7:14 Isa 63:19 Da 9:18,19

and they shall De 4:6-8 11:25 Ex 12:33 14:25 Jos 5:1 1Sa 18:12-15,28,29 1Ch 14:17 Jer 33:9 Re 3:9

11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

plenteous De 28:4 30:9 Le 26:9 Pr 10:22

in goods. or, for good
body [heb] belly Job 19:17 Ps 132:11

12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

open De 11:14 Le 26:4 Job 38:22 Ps 65:9-13 135:7 Joe 2:23,24

to bless all De 14:29 15:10

lend De 28:44 15:6 Pr 22:7

13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

the head Nu 24:18,19 Isa 9:14,15

if that thou De 28:1 4:6-9 Php 1:27

14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

thou shalt De 5:32 11:16,26-28 Jos 23:6 2Ki 22:2 Pr 4:26,27

the right is 30:21

15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

if thou wilt Le 26:14 La 2:17 Da 9:11-13 Mal 2:2 Ro 2:8,9

all these curses The same variety of expression is used in these terrible curses, as in the preceding blessings, to intimate every kind of prosperity or adversity, personal, relative, and public. Consulting the marginal references will generally lead to the best exposition of the terms employed; and will frequently point out the fulfilment of the promises and threatenings. De 28:2 27:15-26 29:20 Isa 3:11 Ga 3:10

16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

in the city De 28:3 Pr 3:33 Isa 24:6-12 43:28 Jer 9:11 26:6 44:22 La 1:1 2:11-22 4:1-13 Mal 2:2 4:6

in the field De 28:55 Ge 3:17,18 4:11,12 5:29 8:21,22 1Ki 17:1,5,12 Jer 14:2-5,18 La 5:10 Joe 1:4,8-18 2:3 Am 4:6-9 Hag 1:9-11 2:16,17 Mal 3:9-12

17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

De 28:5 Ps 69:22 Pr 1:32 Hag 1:6 Zec 5:3,4 Mal 2:2 Lu 16:25

18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

the fruit of thy body De 28:4 5:9 Job 18:16-19 Ps 109:9-15 La 2:11,12,20 Ho 9:11-14 Mal 2:3 Lu 23:29,30

thy land De 28:16 Le 26:19,20,26 Hab 3:17

19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

De 28:6 Jud 5:6,7 2Ch 15:5

20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

send Ps 7:11 Mal 2:2

vexation 1Sa 14:20 Ps 80:4-16 Isa 28:19 30:17 51:20 66:15 Zec 14:12,13 Joh 3:36 1Th 2:16

for to do [heb] which thou wouldest do
until thou be De 4:26 Le 26:31-33,38 Jos 23:16

21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

Ex 5:3 Le 26:5 Nu 14:12 16:46-49 25:9 2Sa 24:15 Jer 15:2 16:4 21:6,7 24:10 Mt 26:7

22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

a consumption Le 26:16 2Ch 6:28 Jer 14:12

sword. or, drought
blasting 1Ki 8:37 Am 4:9 Hag 2:17

23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

The language here is remarkable: `Thy heaven;' that part of the atmosphere which was over judea, instead of being replenished with aqueous vapours, should become, with respect to moisture, like brass: and consequently their land would become as hard as iron, and wholly incapable of cultivation; while the clouds might give showers in abundance, and the earth be moist and fruitful in other regions. Le 26:19 1Ki 17:1 18:2 Jer 14:1-6 Am 4:7

24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

make the rain This was a natural consequence of their heaven's being brass, or yielding no rain; for the surface of the earth being reduced to powder, and frequently taken up by strong winds, would fall down in showers instead of rain. These showers of sand frequently, in the East, bury whole caravans. De 28:12 Ge 19:24 Job 18:15-21 Isa 5:24 Am 4:11

25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

cause thee De 28:7 32:30 Le 26:17,36,37, Isa 30:17

removed [heb] for a removing Jer 15:2-9 24:9 29:18 34:17 Eze 23:46 Lu 21:24

26 And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

1Sa 17:44-46 Ps 79:1-3 Isa 34:3 Jer 7:33 8:1 16:4 19:7 34:20 Eze 39:17-20

27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

the botch De 28:35 Ex 9:9,11 15:26

emerods 1Sa 5:6,9,12 Ps 78:66

scab Le 13:2-8 21:20 Isa 3:17

28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

1Sa 16:14 Ps 60:3 Isa 6:9,10 19:11-17 43:19 Jer 4:9 Eze 4:17 Lu 21:25,26 Ac 13:41 2Th 2:9-11

29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

grope Job 5:14 12:25 Ps 69:23,24 Isa 59:10 La 5:17 Zep 1:17 Ro 11:7-10,25 2Co 4:3,4

thou shalt be Jud 3:14 4:2,3 6:1-6 10:8 13:1 1Sa 13:5-7,19-22 Ne 9:26-29,37 Ps 106:40-42

30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

betroth De 20:6,7 Job 31:10 Jer 8:10 Ho 4:2

build Job 3:18 Isa 5:9,10 65:21,22 Jer 12:13 La 5:2 Am 5:11 Mic 6:15 Zep 1:13

gather [heb] profane, or, use it as common meat De 20:6

31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

ox Jud 6:1 Job 1:14,15

be restored to thee [heb] return to thee

32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand.

sons In several countries, particularly in Spain and Portugal, the children of the jews have been taken from them, by order of the government, to be educated in the Popish faith. De 28:18,41 Nu 21:29 2Ch 29:9 Ne 5:2-5 Jer 15:7-9 16:2-4 Joe 3:6 Am 5:27 Mic 4:10

fail De 28:65 Job 11:20 17:5 Ps 69:3 119:82,123 Isa 38:14 La 2:11 4:17 5:17

33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

The fruit De 28:30,51 Le 26:16 Ne 9:36,37 Isa 1:7 Jer 5:17 8:16

thou shalt be De 28:29 Jer 4:17

34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

De 28:28,68 Isa 33:14 Jer 25:15,16 Re 16:10,11

35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

botch De 28:27 Job 2:6,7 Isa 1:6 3:17,24

36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

bring thee 2Ki 17:4-6 24:12-15 25:6,7,11 2Ch 33:11 36:6,17,20 Isa 39:7 Jer 22:11,12,24-27 24:8-10 39:5-7 52:8-11 La 4:20 Eze 12:12,13

there shalt thou The israelites, who were carried captive by the Assyrians, and many of the jews in Chaldea, were finally incorporated with the nations among whom they lived, and were given up to their idolatry. It is probable, however, that this refers to Jews being compelled, in Popish countries, to conceal their religion, and profess that of the Romish church. De 28:64 4:28 Jer 16:13 Eze 20:32,33,39

37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

become De 28:28 29:22-28 1Ki 9:7,8 2Ch 7:20 Ps 44:13,14 Jer 24:9 25:9 Joe 2:17 Zec 8:13

a proverb The name of Jew has long been a proverbial mark of detestation and contempt among all the nations whither they have been dispersed, and is so to this day, whether among Christians, Mohmammedans, or Pagans.

38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

shalt carry Isa 5:10 Mic 6:15 Hag 1:6

for the locust Ex 10:14,15 Joe 1:4 2:3,25 Am 4:9 7:1,2

39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

for the worms Joe 1:4-7 2:2-4 Jon 4:7

40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

anoint thyself Ps 23:5 104:15 Mic 6:15

41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

thou shalt not enjoy them [heb] they shall not be thine
for De 28:32 La 1:5

42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

thy trees De 28:38,39 Am 7:1,2

consume. or, possess

43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

Jud 2:3,11-15 4:2,3 10:7-10 14:4 15:11,12 1Sa 13:3-7,19,23 2Ki 17:20,23 24:14-16 Joh 18:31 19:15

44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

De 28:12,13 La 1:5

45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

Moreover De 28:5,15 29:20,21 Le 26:28 2Ki 17:20 Pr 13:21 Isa 1:20 65:14,15 Jer 24:9,10 La 2:15-17 Eze 7:15 14:21

because De 11:27,28 Ps 119:21 Jer 7:22-25

46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

a sign De 28:37,59 29:20,28 Isa 8:18 Jer 19:8 25:18 Eze 14:8 23:32,33 36:20 1Co 10:11

47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

De 12:7-12 16:11 32:13-15 Ne 9:35 1Ti 6:17-19

48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

serve 2Ch 12:8 Ne 9:35-37 Jer 5:19 17:4 Eze 17:3,7,12

in hunger Jer 44:17,18,22,27 La 5:2-6 Eze 4:16,17

a yoke Isa 47:6 Jer 27:12,13 28:13,14 Mt 11:29

49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

bring a nation Though the Chaldeans are frequently described under the figure of an eagle, yet these verses especially predict the desolations brought on the Jews by the Romans; who came from a country far more distant than Chaldea; whose conquests were as rapid as the eagle's flight, and whose standard bore this very figure; who spake a language to which the Jews were then entire strangers, being wholly unlike the Hebrew, of which the Chaldee was merely a dialect; whose appearance and victories were terrible; and whose yoke was a yoke of iron; and the havoc which they made tremendous. Nu 24:24 Isa 5:26-30 Jer 5:15-17 Da 6:22,23 9:26 Hab 1:6,7 Lu 19:43 Lu 19:44

as the eagle Jer 4:13 48:40 49:22 La 4:19 Eze 17:3,12 Ho 8:1 Mt 24:28

a nation whose Jer 5:15 Eze 3:6 1Co 14:21

understand [heb] hear

50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young:

of fierce countenance [heb] strong of face Pr 7:13 Ec 8:1 Da 7:7 8:23

shall not 2Ch 36:17 Isa 47:6 Lu 19:44 21:23,24

51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

the fruit De 28:33 Isa 1:7 62:8

which also Le 26:26 Jer 15:13 17:3 Eze 12:19 Hab 3:16,17

52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Le 26:25 2Ki 17:1-6 18:13 24:10,11 25:1-4 Isa 1:7 62:8 Jer 21:4-7 37:8 39:1-3 52:4-7 Eze 4:1-8 Da 9:26 Zec 12:2 14:2 Mt 22:7 24:15,16 Lu 19:43,44 21:20-24

53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

the fruit De 28:18,55,57 Le 26:29 2Ki 6:28,29 Jer 19:9 La 2:20 4:10 Eze 5:10 Mt 24:19

body [heb] belly

54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

his eye De 15:9 Pr 23:6 28:22 Mt 20:15

and toward The Roman armies at length besieged, sacked, and utterly desolated Jerusalem: and during this seige, the famine was so extreme, that even rich and delicate persons, both men and women, ate their own children, and concealed the horrible repast, lest others should tear it from them! `Women snatched the food out of the very mouths of their husbands, and sons of their fathers, and (what is most miserable) mothers of their infants.' `In every house, if there appeared any semblance of food, a battle ensued, and the dearest friends and relations fought with one another; snatching away from the miserable provisions of life.' `A woman distinguished by birth and wealth, after she had been plundered by the tyrants (or soldiers) of all her possessions, boiling her own sucking child, ate half of him, and concealing the other half, reserved it for another time!' De 13:6 2Sa 12:3 Mic 7:5

his children Ps 103:13 Isa 49:15 Mt 7:9-11 Lu 11:11-12

55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

in the seige Jer 5:10 34:2 52:6

56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

and delicate Isa 3:16 La 4:3-6

her eye shall be evil De 28:54

57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

young one [heb] after-birth
cometh out Ge 49:10 Isa 49:15

for she shall De 28:53

58 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, THE LORD THY GOD;

If thou wilt De 28:15 Le 26:14,15 Jer 7:9,10,26-28

fear this glorious De 6:13 Ex 3:14,15 6:2,3 20:2 34:5-7 Ne 9:5 Ps 50:7 72:19 83:18 Isa 41:10 42:8 Jer 5:12 Mt 10:28 Heb 10:30,31 12:28,29

59 Then the LORD 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.

De 28:46 29:20-28 31:17,18 32:22,26 1Ki 9:7-9 16:3,4 La 1:9,12 4:12 Da 9:12 Ho 3:4 Mr 13:19

60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

De 7:15 Ex 15:26

61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

bring upon thee [heb] cause to ascend

62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

few in number In the seige of Jerusalem there died 1,100,000 persons, and more than 90,000 were carried captive; and, having afterwards provoked the Romans by their crimes and rebellions, they persecuted them nearly to extirpation; to which, if the tens of thousands which were slaughtered year after year in every country be added, it appears wonderful that there were any remains left. De 4:27 Le 26:22 2Ki 13:7 24:14 Ne 7:4 Isa 1:9 24:6 Jer 42:2 52:28-30 Mr 13:20 Ro 9:27-29

as the stars De 10:22 Ne 9:23 Ro 9:27

63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

rejoiced over De 30:9 Isa 62:5 Jer 32:41 Mic 7:18 Zep 3:17 Lu 15:6-10,23,24,32

rejoice over Pr 1:26 Isa 1:24 Eze 5:13 33:11

plucked from De 7:22 Jer 12:14,15 18:7 24:6 31:28,40 42:10 Da 7:8

64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

scatter De 4:27,28 Le 26:33 Ne 1:8 Jer 16:13 50:17 Eze 11:16,17 Lu 21:24

there thou shalt De 28:36 Jer 16:13

65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

among After the conquest of their country by the Romans, Hadrian, by a public decree, ratified by the senate, forbad any Jew to come even within sight of Judea; and hence they were dispersed over every quarter of the globe, where they found no alleviation or respite from misery. In no country are they treated as denizens; all suspect them as enemies, and behave to them as aliens; if they do not, as had been too frequently the case, harass, oppress, and persecute them, even unto death.

shalt thou Ge 8:9 Isa 57:21 Eze 5:12-17 20:32-35 Am 9:4,9,10

the Lord Le 26:36 Isa 51:17 Eze 12:18,19 Ho 11:10,11 Hab 3:16 Lu 21:26

failing of eyes Le 26:16 Isa 65:14 La 3:65 Mt 24:8 Ro 11:10

66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

De 28:67 La 1:13 Heb 10:27 Re 6:15-17

67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

De 28:24 Job 7:3,4 Re 9:6

68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

bring thee into Egypt This verse seems especially to point out an event, which took place subsequently to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, and the desolation by Hadrian. Numbers of the captives were sent by sea into Egypt (as well as into other countries), and sold for slaves at a vile proce, and for the meanest offices; and many thousands were left to perish from want; for the multitude was so great, that purchasers could not be found for them all at any price! De 17:16 Jer 43:7 44:12 Ho 8:13 9:3

there ye shall Ex 20:2 Ne 5:8 Es 7:4 Joe 3:3-7 Lu 21:24