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A Prophecy Fulfilled by Rome
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that this prophecy was chillingly fulfilled by the Roman army during the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Scholars like Gill and Barnes cite the historian Josephus, an eyewitness, who recorded that the Romans showed no mercy to any age, perfectly matching the description of a nation that would not 'regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young.'
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 28:15–68
18th Century
Theologian
The curses correspond in form and number (Deuteronomy 28:15–19) to the blessings (Deuteronomy 28:3–6), and the special ways…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 28:50
19th Century
Bishop
Which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favour to the young. — Compare 2 Chronicles 36:17,
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 28:50
17th Century
Pastor
A nation of fierce countenance
Or, "strong of face" F25 ; which aptly describes the old Romans, who are a…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 28:45–68
17th Century
Minister
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…