Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed always:
33. thou knowest not ] So of the land of the invading nation, Jer 14:18; Jer 15:14; Jer 17:4; Jer 22:28.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Which thou knowest not; which shall come from a far country, which thou didst not at all expect or fear and therefore will be the more dreadful when they come; a nation whose language thou understandest not, and therefore canst not plead with them for mercy, nor expect any favour from them.
Oppressed and crushed alway; not sometimes conquered, and sometimes conquering, as the course of war commonly is, but in all times, and in all thy actions and attempts, foiled and worsted.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labour, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up,…. The same was prophesied of by Jeremiah, concerning the Babylonish captivity, and was fulfilled in it, Jer 5:17; and has been also verified in the frequent pillage and spoil of this people, in their present state; for though they have no land to till, from whence to gather fruit, yet they are employed in manufactures and merchandise, the fruit and benefit of which they have been frequently stripped of:
and thou shall be only oppressed and crushed always; this seems best to agree with their present case; for in their former captivities they were not always oppressed and crushed, but had respite and deliverance;
[See comments on De 28:29].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(33) A nation which thou knowest not.Comp. Jer. 5:15-17, A nation whose language thou knowest not . . . shall eat up thy harvest and thy bread &c.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Ver. 33. The fruit of thy land and all thy labours, &c. This was remarkably verified when Salmaneser came and dispossessed the ten tribes; and when Nebuchadnezzar carried the other two tribes away, and placed other people in their room. To this may be added, the destruction of their republic by the Romans under Titus; since which time their land has been eaten up by the Turks, a nation whom indeed they knew not.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Deu 28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
Ver. 33. The fruit of thy land, &c. ] So Eze 25:4 . They shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk. See Jer 5:17 ; Jer 1:7 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
labours. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the result or fruit of them. App-6.
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The fruit: Deu 28:30, Deu 28:51, Lev 26:16, Neh 9:36, Neh 9:37, Isa 1:7, Jer 5:17, Jer 8:16
thou shalt be: Deu 28:29, Jer 4:17
Reciprocal: Jdg 4:3 – mightily Jdg 6:4 – destroyed 1Sa 23:1 – rob the 1Sa 31:7 – they forsook the cities 1Ch 10:7 – then they Job 5:5 – harvest Job 20:19 – oppressed Job 24:6 – They reap Psa 106:41 – and they Psa 109:11 – strangers Ecc 4:1 – and considered Ecc 6:2 – but Ecc 7:7 – oppression Isa 5:17 – strangers Isa 8:21 – hardly bestead Isa 62:8 – Surely I will no more give Lam 1:15 – crush Eze 25:4 – they shall eat Hos 5:11 – oppressed Hos 8:7 – the strangers Amo 4:1 – crush Zec 7:14 – scattered
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 28:33. Which thou knowest not Who shall come from a far country, whom thou didst not at all expect or fear, and therefore will be the more dreadful when they come. This was remarkably fulfilled when Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came and dispossessed the ten tribes, and when Nebuchadnezzar carried the other two tribes away, and placed other people in their room. Thou shalt be oppressed and crushed always They were not to be quite rooted out and destroyed, as the Amalekites and Canaanites were, of whom no footsteps now remain; but to be scattered through other nations, and there oppressed, crushed, and enslaved.