Deuteronomy 28:68 BSB

Deuteronomy 28:68

The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

BSB

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ASV

And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again - That is, into another state of slavery and bondage similar to that of Egypt, out of which they had been lately brought. And there ye shall be sold, that is, be exposed to sale, or expose yourself to sale as the word התמכרתם hithmaccartem may be rendered; they were vagrants, and wished to become slaves that they might be provided with the necessaries of life.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וֶֽהֱשִֽׁיבְךָ֨	ve.he.shi.ve.Kha	and he will make return you	H7725 →
יְהוָ֥ה׀	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִצְרַיִם֮	mitz.ra.Yim	Egypt	H4714 →
בָּאֳנִיּוֹת֒	bo.'o.ni.yOt	in ships	H591 →
בַּדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙	ba.De.rekh	by the way	H1870 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
אָמַ֣רְתִּֽי	'a.Mar.ti	I said	H559 →
לְךָ֔	le.Kha	to <the> you
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תֹסִ֥יף	to.Sif	you will repeat	H3254 →
ע֖וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
לִרְאֹתָ֑הּ	lir.'o.Tah	to see it	H7200 →
וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּ֨ם	ve.hit.ma.kar.Tem	and you will sell yourselves	H4376 →
שָׁ֧ם	sham	there	H8033 →
לְאֹיְבֶ֛יךָ	le.'o.ye.Vei.kha	to enemies your	H341 →
לַעֲבָדִ֥ים	la.'a.va.Dim	to [male] slaves	H5650 →
וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹת	ve.lish.fa.Chot	and to female slaves	H8198 →
וְאֵ֥ין	ve.'Ein	and there not	H369 →
קֹנֶֽה׃ ס	ko.Neh	[will be] a buyer	H7069 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 17:16
But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way…
leads to
- Hosea 11:5
  Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 31:1–3
  Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
- Ezekiel 17:15
  But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break…
- Psalms 20:7
  Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Through
Hosea 9:3
They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
leads to
- Ezekiel 4:13
  Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
- Hosea 8:13
  Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to…
- Leviticus 25:23
  The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
- Jeremiah 2:7
  I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.

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