Deuteronomy 28:33
in Deuteronomy 28A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
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ASV
The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;
KJV
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
3 notes on this verseWhich thou knowest not - Which shall come from a far country, which thou didst not at all expect or fear, and therefore will be the more dreadful when they come; a nation whose language thou understandest not, and therefore canst not plead with them for mercy, nor expect any favour from them.
This site's exposition
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people
on Deuteronomy 28:32-34
The children are taken and the parent is left to watch, with eyes that look and fail with longing for them all the day long. Verse 33 hands the harvest to a nation which thou knowest not, who is the stranger rising at verse 43 and the far nation of verse 49. Verse 34 makes the madness an effect of what the eyes have seen, and verse 67 closes the chapter on that same sight.
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The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פְּרִ֤י | peri | [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| אַדְמָֽתְךָ֙ | ʾadmatekha | ground your | H127 → | 225 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְגִ֣יעֲךָ֔ | yegiakha | [the] result of toil your | H3018 → | |
| יֹאכַ֥ל | yokhal | it will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| עַ֖ם | ʾam | a people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָדָ֑עְתָּ | yadaeta | you have known | H3045 → | 945 times |
| וְהָיִ֗יתָ | vehayita | and you will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| רַ֛ק | rak | only | H7535 → | 109 times |
| עָשׁ֥וּק | ʾashuk | oppressed | H6231 → | 36 times |
| וְרָצ֖וּץ | veratzutz | and crushed | H7533 → | |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַיָּמִֽים׃ | haiyamim | the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
פְּרִ֤י[the] fruit of
periH6529 →119 times
אַדְמָֽתְךָ֙ground your
ʾadmatekhaH127 →225 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יְגִ֣יעֲךָ֔[the] result of toil your
yegiakhaH3018 →
יֹאכַ֥לit will eat
yokhalH398 →810 times
עַ֖םa people
ʾamH5971 →1873 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָדָ֑עְתָּyou have known
yadaetaH3045 →945 times
וְהָיִ֗יתָand you will be
vehayitaH1961 →3559 times
רַ֛קonly
rakH7535 →109 times
עָשׁ֥וּקoppressed
ʾashukH6231 →36 times
וְרָצ֖וּץand crushed
veratzutzH7533 →
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַיָּמִֽים׃the days
haiyamimH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 26:16then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed…
it leads to
- Job 31:8
then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
- Jeremiah 5:17
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword…
- Micah 6:15
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
- 1 Samuel 2:33
And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
- Deuteronomy 28:51
They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds…
- Job 31:8
Through
Isaiah 1:7Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
it leads to
- Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
- Deuteronomy 28:43
The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
- Ezekiel 30:12
I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have…
- Lamentations 5:2
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.