to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
Parallel translations
- WEB that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
- KJV To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
- NKJV To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands.
- NASB And that He would bring down their descendants among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
- NLT that he would scatter their descendants among the nations, exiling them to distant lands.
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Quick answer
He swore also to scatter their offspring among the nations. It matters because rebellion's consequences reached into later exile.
Overview
This anticipates the later scattering of Israel among the nations as judgment for ongoing sin (Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:64). The psalmist sees the wilderness rebellion as part of a pattern that led to exile. God's warnings of dispersion underscore the gravity of covenant unfaithfulness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 44:11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
- Lev 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Deut 28:64–65Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- Ezek 20:23However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
- Deut 4:26–27I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
- Deut 32:26–27I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
- Deut 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
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