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Deuteronomy 28:50 Cross-References
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“A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: of fierce: Heb. strong of face”
Deuteronomy 28:50 (KJV)
Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:50
A nation of fierce countenance—Hebrew ʿaz pānîm (עַז פָּנִים) means literally 'strong of face,' conveying hardness and ruthlessness. The phrase shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young describes total war without the ancient Near Eastern customs of mercy to non-combatants. Assyrian and Babylonian inscriptions boasted of such brutality, and Rome showed no mercy during the Jewish revolts.This verse anticipates systematic genocide. The aged, who commanded respect in Israelite culture, would be slaughtered. Children, normally spared in ancient warfare, would be killed. ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Deuteronomy 28:50
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“I profaned my inheritance”
“who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary”
“and the hardness of his face is changed.”
“because you didn't know the time of your visitation.,And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.,,,,,,,,”
“when the transgressors are come to the full”
“and”
“and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:”
“and their pregnant women will be ripped open.,Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up., תֶּאְשַׁם שֹׁמְרוֹן כִּי מָרְתָה בֵּאלֹהֶיהָ בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ עֹלְלֵיהֶם יְרֻטָּשׁוּ וְהָרִיּוֹתָיו יְבֻקָּעוּ׃ פ ,Samaria shall bear her guilt, For she hath rebelled against her God; They shall fall by the sword; Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, And their women with child shall be ripped up.,14:1 ἀφανισθήσεται σαμάρεια ὅτι ἀντέστη πρὸς τὸν θεὸν αὐτῆς ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ πεσοῦνται αὐτοί καὶ τὰ ὑποτίτθια αὐτῶν ἐδαφισθήσονται καὶ αἱ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσαι αὐτῶν διαρραγήσονται,14:1 Samaria shall be utterly destroyed: for she has resisted her God; they shall fall by the sword, and their sucklings shall be dashed against the ground, and their women and child ripped up.,,,,”
“and wrath to this people.”