Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:46
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed forever.
They shall be, i.e. these curses now mentioned. For a wonder, i.e. signal and wonderful to all that hear of them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder,…. That is, those curses before pronounced, De 27:15, and what follow, should rest and remain upon them, continue with them, and be very visible on them; so as to be observed by others, as a sign of the wrath and displeasure of God, and of the fulfilment of prophecy, and of the truth of divine revelation: and so “for a wonder”: as it is most astonishing to observe how exactly all the curses threatened them have fallen upon them and have abode with them, as they did in their former captivities, and more especially do in the present one: and, what is the greater wonder, that notwithstanding these dreadful calamities, and so long continued, enough to have crushed any people from being a people, yet they have continued, and still do continue, a distinct people; which is a standing miracle, and one would think sufficient to convince the most hardened and obstinate deist of the truth and authority of the sacred Scriptures; in which stand so many glaring prophecies that have been fulfilled, and are continually fulfilling in this people:
and upon thy seed for ever; this shows that these curses, said to be upon them, not only refer to those that came upon them at and in the Babylonish captivity, but to those that came upon them at their destruction by the Romans, and which have continued on them nineteen hundred years; and how much longer they will continue none can say: it will be their case, until new heavens and a new earth are created, or there will be a new state of things, at least with them; when they shall be converted to the Lord, and all Israel saved; see
Isa 65:17; and it may be observed, that the ten tribes carried captive never returned.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Deu 28:46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
Ver. 46. For a sign. ] Of God’s heavy displeasure.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
for ever. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Whole). App-6. The whole of time put for a part of it.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
a sign: Deu 28:37, Deu 28:59, Deu 29:20, Deu 29:28, Isa 8:18, Jer 19:8, Jer 25:18, Eze 14:8, Eze 23:32, Eze 23:33, Eze 36:20, 1Co 10:11
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 28:46. They (these curses now mentioned) shall be upon thee for a sign This, indeed, they have been in a most wonderful and astonishing manner. Since man was first placed on the earth, never was there a people that were such a sign to all the inhabitants of it as the Jews have been. Never did any other people experience such a strange series of events; never were calamities like theirs; never were people so dispersed, and carried into captivity, and yet kept so entire and separate, and thereby made a spectacle and sign to all nations. Though the above verse was written above three thousand years ago, yet do the nations of the earth see it in full force at this day! The seed of this very people still remain, and their state is such, as makes them for a sign and a wonder over the face of the earth. What a striking and wonderful evidence is this of the divinity of the Holy Scriptures! Who but God, that declareth the end from the beginning, could declare this, and bring it to pass? O God, very wonderful art thou! Thou makest thy enemies to bear witness to thy truth, and advance thy honour!