Deuteronomy 28:62-63

Curses for Disobedience

62 Whereas n you were as numerous o as the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God. 63 And as the Lord p took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the Lord will q take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:27
    And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
    2 Kings 24:14
    He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, except the poorest people of the land.
    Nehemiah 7:4
    The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.
    Jeremiah 42:2
    And said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Let our plea for mercy come before you, and pray to the Lord your God for us, for all this remnant - because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us -
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:22
    Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 30:9
    The Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers.
    Jeremiah 32:41
    I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
    Zephaniah 3:17
    The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:26
    I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you.
    Isaiah 1:24
    Therefore the Lord declares, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.
    Ezekiel 5:13
    Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that I am the Lord - that I have spoken in my jealousy - when I spend my fury upon them.
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