What did Deuteronomy 28:49 predict would happen to Israel?
Deuteronomy 28:49 predicted that the Lord would bring a foreign nation against Israel from far away, from the end of the earth, swift as an eagle—an enemy invader whose language Israel would not understand. That nation would overrun and occupy them, putting them under servitude and taking tribute.
Les explains that Deuteronomy is one of the five books of Moses, so Moses is writing, and it is directed to the children of Israel. In Deuteronomy 28:49, the Lord warns that He will bring a nation against them from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies—an enemy and invader whose tongue they will not understand. Les says the tongue refers to their language. Whether Babylonians, Greeks, or Romans, there would come a time in Israel's history when a foreign nation would overrun them, invade them, and the Jews would have to listen to them talking in their language as they were being occupied. It was not an unknown tongue but a language the Jews could not understand, and it was a warning to the nation. Les connects this to Paul in 1 Corinthians 14:21, where the Law says, "With men of other languages, and other lips, I will speak unto this people, by occupying them, by taking tribute from them, by putting them under servitude," yet they will not hear. Tongues were for a sign to the Jew.
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
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What did Deuteronomy 28:49 predict about foreign nations invading Israel?
Deuteronomy 28:49 warned that a foreign nation (whether Babylonians, Greeks, or Romans) would overrun and invade Israel, and the Jews would have to listen to them speaking in their language during occupation.
Which nations did Deuteronomy 28:49 prophesy would invade Israel?
The prophecy in Deuteronomy 28:49 was that a foreign nation (Babylonians, Greeks, or Romans) would overrun and invade Israel, and the Jews would have to listen to them in their language during occupation.