Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The curses correspond in form and number (Deuteronomy 28:15–19) to the ble ings (Deuteronomy 28:3–6), and the special ways …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Deuteronomy 28:49–57. CONQUEST OF ISRAEL BY A STRANGE NATION. MISERIES OF THE SIEGE.

The Lord shall…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Lord shall bring a nation against them from far. He reinforces the same threats in different words, namely, that unknown and barbarous…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the
end of the earth

Now though Babylon is rep…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries His curse can bring upon humankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows…

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