Deuteronomy 28:41-43
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
41 You shall beget sons and daughters but shall not enjoy them, for they shall go into captivity. [Fulfilled in Lam. 1:5.]
42 All your trees and the fruit of your ground shall the locust possess. [Fulfilled in Joel 1:4.]
43 The transient (stranger) among you shall mount up higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.
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Deuteronomy 28:41-43
English Standard Version
41 You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for (A)they shall go into captivity. 42 (B)The cricket[a] shall possess all your trees and the fruit of your ground. 43 (C)The sojourner who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.
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- Deuteronomy 28:42 Identity uncertain
Deuteronomy 28:41-43
King James Version
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
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