Deuteronomy 28:62

Deuteronomy 28:62 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.
• New International Version (NIV)You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

Context of Deuteronomy 28:62

60And He will bring back on you every disease of Egypt of which you were afraid, and they will cling to you. 61Also every sickness and every plague, which are not written in the book of this Law, the Lord will bring on you until you are destroyed. Then you will be left few in number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 63And it will come about that, just as the Lord rejoiced over you to be good to you, and make you numerous, so will the Lord rejoice over you to wipe you out and destroy you; and you will be torn away from the land which you are entering to possess. 64Furthermore, the Lord will scatter you among all the peoples, from one end of the earth to the other; and there you will serve other gods, made of wood and stone, which you and your fathers have not known.

Deuteronomy 28:62 word by word

וְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּם֙ בִּמְתֵ֣י מְעָ֔ט תַּ֚חַת אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֱיִיתֶ֔ם כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לָרֹ֑ב כִּי־לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֔עְתָּ בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Then you will be leftשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• fewמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• numberמַתmath · manH4962
• whereasתַּחַתtachath · underneath: because ofH8478
• whereasאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you were as numerousרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• as the starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
• of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• obeyשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
• obeyקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:62

• Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.
• Leviticus 26:22I will also let loose among you the animals of the field, which will deprive you of your children and eliminate your cattle, and reduce your number so that your roads become deserted.
• 2 Kings 13:7For he left to Jehoahaz no more of the army than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry, because the king of Aram had eliminated them and made them like the dust at threshing.
• 2 Kings 24:14Then he led into exile all the people of Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the valiant warriors, ten thousand exiles, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None were left except the poorest people of the land.
• Nehemiah 7:4Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few and the houses were not built.
• Isaiah 1:9If the Lord of armies Had not left us a few survivors, We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 24:6Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.
• Jeremiah 42:2and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our pleading come before you, and pray for us to the Lord your God for all this remnant--since we have been left only a few out of many, just as your own eyes now see us--
• Jeremiah 52:28These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar took into exile: in the seventh year 3,023 Jews;
• Mark 13:20And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.
• Romans 9:27Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel may be like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved;
• Deuteronomy 10:22Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
• Nehemiah 9:23You made their sons as numerous as the stars of heaven, And You brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:62

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-68Verses 15-68 The curses correspond in form and number Deuteronomy 28:15-19 to the blessings Deuteronomy 28:3-6, and the special modes in which these threats should be executed are described in five groups of denunciations Deuteronomy 28:20-26 First series of judgments. The curse of God should rest on all they did, and should issue in manifold forms of disease, in famine, and in defeat in war. Deuteronomy 28:20 Vexation - Rather, confusion: the word in the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 45-68Verses 45-68 If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries his curse can bring upon mankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows to those under the curse of God. What then will be the misery of that world where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched! Observe what is here said of the wrath of God, which should come and remain upon the Israelites for their sins. It is amazing to think that a people so long the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-68This section explains the conditions for receiving the covenant blessing, the types of blessings, and the curses that will occur if people ignore or disobey these rules (28:1–14; 28:15–68).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6262. ye shall be left few in number--There has been, ever since the destruction of Jerusalem, only an inconsiderable remnant of Jews existing in that land--aliens in the land of their fathers; and of all classes of the inhabitants they are the most degraded and miserable beings, dependent for their support on contributions from other lands.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 28:62

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Disobedience to God
• Fear of God
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• Idolatry
• Judgments
• Obedience
• Reprobacy
• Sanitation
• War
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings