The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:49
As the eagle flieth. The eagle was the common ensign of the legion in the Roman army; and by the Latin writers aquila (eagle) is sometimes used for a legion (Caes; 'Hisp.,' 30; cf. Matthew 24:28 ). read more
Deuteronomy-28:45-51
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:49-50
The description here given of the enemy to whom Israel was to be subjected, applies more or less closely to all the nations whom God raised up from time to time, to invade Israel and chastise the people for their rebellion—the Chaldeans (cf. Jeremiah 48:40 ; Jeremiah 49:22 ; Ezekiel 17:5-7 ; Habakkuk 1:6 , etc.), the Assyrians (cf. Isaiah 5:26 ; Isaiah 38:11 ; Isaiah 23:1-18 :19), the Medes ( Isaiah 13:17 , Isaiah 13:18 ); but there are features in the description which apply... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:49-59
The extremity of the curse. A truly appalling description of the evils which would overtake apostate Israel; one, too, not more remarkable for the sustained vehemence and energy of its thought and diction, than for the minuteness and literality with which its predictions have been fulfilled. I. THE PROPHECY IN THE LIGHT OF ITS FULFILLMENT . The wonderfulness of these predictions is not removed by any date we may assign to the Book of Deuteronomy. For: 1. It is... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:50
A nation of fierce countenance ; literally, firm or hard of face ; i . e . obdurate and determined (cf. Proverbs 21:29 ; Daniel 8:23 ). read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 28:15-68
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 28:20-68.Deuteronomy 28:20-26First 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 28:20Vexation - Rather, confusion: the word in the original is used Deuteronomy 7:23;... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 28:45
Deuteronomy 28:45. Moreover, all these curses Here some critics have made a division of these prophecies, and have interpreted the preceding part as relating to the former captivity of the Jews, and the calamities which they suffered under the Chaldeans; and the remaining part as referring to their latter captivity, and the calamities which they suffered under the Romans. But “there is no need,” says Bishop Newton, “of any such distinction; there is no reason to think any such was intended... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 28:46
Deuteronomy 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... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 28:48
Deuteronomy 28:48. He shall put a yoke of iron about thy neck That is, cruel thraldom, and rigorous oppression, Jeremiah 27:11-12. This is highly just, that they who refuse the reasonable service of God should be made slaves to their enemies; and, instead of the easy yoke of God, should be put under a yoke of iron. See 2 Chronicles 12:8. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 28:49
Deuteronomy 28:49. The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far “The Chaldeans might be said to come from far, in comparison of the Moabites, Philistines, and other neighbouring nations, which used to infest Judea.” See Jeremiah 5:15; Jeremiah 6:22. And they are represented as pursuing them with the swiftness of eagles, Lamentations 4:19. But the Romans, no doubt, were chiefly intended. “They were truly brought ‘from far, from the end of the earth;’ Vespasian and Adrian, the two... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:47-57
Fourth group . In order still more to impress on the minds of the people the evil and danger of rebellion and apostasy, Moses enlarges on the calamities that would ensue on their being given up to the power of the heathen. Because they would not serve Jehovah their God, they should be delivered to be servants to their enemies. read more