Deuteronomy 28:62
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And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
In other translations
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
Hebrew words
וְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּםvenish'artemand you will be leftH7604בִּמְתֵיbimtei<in> men ofH4962מְעָטme'atfewnessH4592תַּחַתtachatin place ofH8478אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834הֱיִיתֶםheyitemyou wereH1961כְּכוֹכְבֵיkechokhveilike [the] stars ofH3556הַשָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064לָרֹבlarofor multitudeH7230כִּי־ki-forH3588לֹאlo'notH3808שָׁמַעְתָּshama'tayou have listenedH8085בְּקוֹלbekolto [the] voice ofH6963יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃'eloheikhaGod yourH430
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 10:22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
- Nehemiah 9:23Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
- Deuteronomy 4:27And 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.Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- Mark 13:20And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.
- Nehemiah 7:4Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
- Romans 9:27-2927 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. 29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. 28 For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” 29 It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
- Jeremiah 42:2And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
- 2 Kings 24:14And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
- Isaiah 24:6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.
- Isaiah 1:9Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
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