32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-44)Having viewed the bright side of the cloud, which is towards the obedient, we have now presented to us the dark side, which is towards the disobedient. If we do not keep God’s commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which is as comprehensive of all misery as the blessing is of all happiness. Observe, I. The equity of this curse. It is no…
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