To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
Parallel translations
- WEB that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
- BSB to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout 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 44:11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
- Lev 26:33And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
- Deut 28:64–65And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
- Ezek 20:23I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
- Deut 4:26–27I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
- Deut 32:26–27I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
- Deut 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
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