27<\/strong>. few in number<\/em> ] Heb. idiom men of a number<\/em>, easily counted, instead of being innumerable, as the stars in heaven for multitude.<\/p>\n Verse 27<\/span>. The Lord shall scatter you among the nations<\/B><\/I>] This was amply verified in their different captivities and dispersions.<\/P><\/p>\n And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations<\/strong>,…. As they were by both captivities; the ten tribes were dispersed among the cities of the Medes, and the two tribes throughout the empire of Babylon:<\/p>\n and ye shall be left few in number among the Heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you<\/strong>; or be “men of number” i, so few that they might be easily numbered; which intimates that it should be other wise with them than when in Egypt; there they were multiplied and increased the more they were afflicted, but in these captivities they should be greatly diminished.<\/p>\n i “viri numeri”, Montanus, Drusius.<\/p>\n (27) And the Lord shall scatter you.<\/strong>Our familiarity with this fact in history must not blind us to its force when uttered as a prophecy. <\/em>The fact that the Jews were taken captive for idolatry, and dispersed for the rejection of JESUS, is a remarkable proof that the real reason why they were brought into Canaan, and kept there, was to be witnesses for Jehovah.<\/p>\n 27<\/strong>. <\/strong> The Lord shall scatter you <\/strong> How clearly this was fulfilled in the nation’s history! Assyrians, Babylonians, the Seleucid and Ptolemaic dynasties, and finally the Romans, scattered the rebellious people.<\/p>\n Ver. <\/em><\/strong>27-29. <\/strong>And the Lord shall scatter you, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> See the notes on ch. 28: and 30: When it is said of the idols, in ver. 28 that they neither see nor hear, <\/em>&c. the sacred writer intends only to represent the gross stupidity of the heathens, who paid adoration to things which had neither intelligence nor sense; to mere statues, which were so far from having any just title to religious worship, that they had less perfection than even the makers of them. See the fine passages referred to in the margin. <\/p>\n scatter. Hebrew. puz = disperse. See Gen 10:18; Gen 11:4, Gen 11:9, not used in Lev 26:33, but is used in Jer 30:11, and frequently: also in Ezek. Compare Deu 28:64, and Eze 20:23. <\/p>\n nations = peoples. <\/p>\n heathen = nations. <\/p>\n Deu 28:62-64, Neh 1:3, Neh 1:8, Neh 1:9, Eze 12:15, Eze 32:26 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Lev 26:33 – General Lev 26:38 – General Deu 28:64 – scatter 1Sa 26:19 – they have driven 1Ki 8:46 – unto the land 1Ki 14:15 – this good land 2Ki 15:29 – carried them 2Ki 21:14 – deliver 2Ki 24:3 – remove them 2Ch 6:36 – thou be angry Est 3:8 – scattered abroad Psa 44:11 – scattered Psa 59:11 – scatter Psa 106:27 – to scatter Isa 11:11 – set his hand Isa 17:6 – General Isa 24:1 – scattereth Isa 24:6 – and few Isa 26:15 – thou hadst Jer 9:16 – scatter Jer 13:24 – will Jer 17:4 – shalt Jer 28:8 – prophesied Jer 39:9 – carried Jer 42:2 – left Eze 5:10 – the whole Eze 20:25 – I gave Eze 22:15 – scatter Dan 9:7 – near Amo 5:3 – The city Hab 1:5 – ye among Zec 7:14 – scattered Mar 12:9 – he will Jam 1:1 – scattered 1Pe 1:1 – scattered<\/p>\n 4:27 And the LORD shall {s} scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.<\/p>\n (s) So that his curse will make his former blessings ineffectual.<\/p>\n And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. 27. few in number ] Heb. idiom men of a number, easily counted, instead of being innumerable, as the stars in heaven for multitude. 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