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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:27

Nations. This prediction we see verified at the present day. They are despised by all. No one of their numerous masters embraces their religion. No one of their numerous masters embraces their religion. They are so few, as to hardly possess a single town. (Calmet)

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See also Deuteronomy 4:27 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 4:27. _THE LORD SHALL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE NATIONS_] This was amply verified in their different captivities and dispersions....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Compare with these verses Leviticus 26:33, and Deuteronomy 28:64 ff....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. HEARKEN, O ISRAEL! CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Obedience demanded (Deuteronomy 4:1)_ 2. The covenant to be observed (Deuteronomy 4:9) 3. Take heed unto yourselves lest ye forget (Deuteronomy 4:15

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SECOND PART OF MOSES-' FIRST ADDRESS. This contains exhortations to obedience from motives of self-interest and of gratitude to Yahweh, and forms an apparent logical unity with Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deut...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SCATTER. Hebrew. _puz_. disperse. See Genesis 10:18; Genesis 11:4; Genesis 11:9, not used in Leviticus 26:33, but is used in...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _few in number_ Heb. idiom _men of a number_, easily counted, instead of being innumerable, as the stars in heaven for multitude....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Threat of Exile with Promise of Grace on Repentance If, with the slackness of increasing years, Israel give way to idolatry (Deuteronomy 4:25) Moses testifies that they shall perish from the land (De...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 27-29. _AND THE LORD SHALL SCATTER YOU,_ &C.— See the notes on ch. 28: and 30: When it is said of the idols, in ver. 28 that _they neither see nor hear,_ &c. the sacred writer intends only to r...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    I MUST NOT GO OVER THE JORDAN (Deuteronomy 4:22)See under Deuteronomy 1:37. c. PUNISHMENT FOR IDOLATRY: BANISHMENT FROM THE LAND (Deuteronomy 4:25-28) 25 When thou shalt beget children, and children'...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD SHALL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE NATIONS, AND YE SHALL BE LEFT FEW IN NUMBER AMONG THE HEATHEN, WHITHER THE LORD SHALL LEAD YOU._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    4:27 company (b-16) Lit. 'men of number,' or 'that can be numbered.' a usual idiom; see Genesis 34:30 ; 1 Chronicles 16:19 ; Psalms 105:12 ; and cf. ch. 33.6;...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FIRST DISCOURSE (DEUTERONOMY 1:14 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:43) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promised Land...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    EXHORTATIONS TO OBEDIENCE This chapter contains the practical part of the discourse. Having briefly rehearsed the experiences of the Israelites in the wilderness up to the present point, Moses closes...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 V1 ‘Therefore, everyone in *Israel, listen to the rules and the laws that I will teach to you...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SHALL SCATTER YOU. — Our familiarity with this fact in history must not blind us to its force when uttered as a _prophecy._ The fact that the Jews were taken captive for idolatry, and dis...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הֵפִ֧יץ יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּ † עַמִּ֑ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JEHOVAH “A JEALOUS GOD” Deuteronomy 4:15 How often Moses repeats, “ _take heed._ ” We must watch as well as pray and keep our souls diligently. We must specially beware of idols-that is, any visible...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    On the ground of this survey Moser exhorted the people to be obedient, His appeal was based on the greatness of their God and the perfection of His law. Their whole existence as a nation centered arou...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the LORD shall (s) scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. (s) So that his curse will make his former blessings ineff...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Observe the vast earnestness of the Sacred Preacher in the arguments he adopts to interest the feelings of the people; and how he dwells, again and again, upon the same very powerful motives to induce...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4. Let us examine a little more closely these Chapter s, which shew the pains the Spirit took, to set before the eyes of the people all the moti...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SHALL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE NATIONS,.... As they were by both captivities; the ten tribes were dispersed among the cities of the Medes, and the two tribes throughout the empire of Babylon...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 An Exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses appointeth the three Cities of refuge on that side Iordan. 1 NOWE therefore hearken, O Israel, vnto the Statutes, and vnto the Iudgments which I teach you, fo...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you, Leviticus 26:33. All the judgments of the Lord upon His disobed...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Appeal Supported by a Reference to God's Kindness...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    MOSES INSISTS ON OBEDIENCE (vs.1-14) Because God had already blessed Israel and intended to bless them more greatly still. Moses urges them to "listen to the statutes and judgments" he is teaching th...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    24-40 Moses urged the greatness, glory, and goodness of God. Did we consider what a God he is with whom we have to do, we should surely make conscience of our duty to him, and not dare to sin against...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    Now therefore hearken O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgements which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 4:27 LORD H3068 scatter H6327 (H8689) peoples H5971 left H7604 (H8738) few H4962 number H4557 nat

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    WHAT THEIR FATE WILL BE IF THEY TURN AWAY FROM HIM TO GRAVEN IMAGES (DEUTERONOMY 4:25). This fate had already been portrayed by what had happened to their fathers who were driven from the land (Deuter...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The new generations taught the lessons of Sinai. Cities of refuge designated. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The review of God's providences concerning us should quicken us and engage...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 4:2. _Ye shall not add unto the word._ This would be to debase revelation, and treat the divine law as a defective production of man, that needed additions and retrenchments. Solon, the At...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land._ MOSES’ DISCOURSE 1. In general it is...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 4:27 SCATTER. See Deuteronomy 28:64. FEW IN NUMBER. See...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.—From the mention of what God had done for Israel, Moses passes to the obedience of the law. They were under deep obligation to keep it, and in doing so, consisted their wisdom, greatne...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 4:25-5 Moses enforces the warning against idolatry, by predicting the evil that should come upon the nation through the apostasy of those who should in after times turn from Je...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    NOW therefore (Deuteronomy 4:1) Moses is now making application. NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, to do them, that you may live, and go in a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 28:62; Ezekiel 12:15; Ezekiel 32:26; Nehemiah 1:3;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    PARTING WORDS Deuteronomy 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is, perhaps, strange to some that we speak of the fourth chapter of Deuteronomy as "Parting words," yet the whole Book of Deuteronomy centers in t...

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