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Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to save you.
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The Humiliation of Loss
The curse described is not just about losing property, but the deep humiliation of seeing it happen. Commentators explain that the ox being slain "before thine eyes" and the donkey "violently taken" highlights the owner's complete powerlessness. This judgment was designed to be a bitter and painful experience, a direct consequence of turning away from God.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The curses correspond in form and number (Deuteronomy 28:15–19) to the blessings (Deuteronomy 28:3–6), and the special ways…
19th Century
Anglican
You shall have none to rescue. — Here and in Deuteronomy 28:29 the Hebrew literally is, You shall have no Saviour.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thine ox [shall be] slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof Shall be …
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