Deuteronomy 28:41 - Easy To Read Version You will have sons and daughters. But you will not be able to keep them. Why? Because they will be captured and taken away. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall beget sons and daughters but shall not enjoy them, for they shall go into captivity. [Fulfilled in Lam. 1:5.] American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity. Common English Bible You might have sons and daughters, but they won’t be yours for long because they will be taken away as prisoners. Catholic Public Domain Version You will conceive sons and daughters, and you will not enjoy them. For they will be led into captivity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and shalt not enjoy them: because they shall be led into captivity. |
Nebuchadnezzar captured all the people of Jerusalem. He captured all the leaders and other wealthy people. He took 10,000 people and made them prisoners. Nebuchadnezzar took all the skilled workers and craftsmen. No person was left, except the poorest of the common people.
The Israelite army captured 200,000 of their own relatives living in Judah. They took women, children, and many valuable things from Judah. The Israelites brought those captives and those things to the city of Samaria.
Women will never again suffer childbirth\par \{only to have the baby die\}.\par Women will never again be afraid\par of what might happen during childbirth.\par All my people and their children\par will be blessed by the Lord.\par
Now Jerusalem says,\par “I refused to listen to the Lord.\par So the Lord is right for doing these things.\par So listen, all you people!\par Look at my pain!\par My young women and men\par have gone into captivity.\par
Jerusalem’s enemies have won.\par Her enemies have been successful.\par This happened because the Lord\par punished her.\par He punished Jerusalem for her many sins.\par Her children have gone away.\par Their enemies captured them\par and took them away.\par
Then King Nebuchadnezzar gave Ashpenaz an order. (Ashpenaz was the most important leader of all the eunuchs {\cf2\super [2]} that served the king.) The king told Ashpenaz to bring some of the Jewish men into his house. Nebuchadnezzar wanted Jewish men from important families and from the family of the king of Israel.
So cut off your hair,\par make yourself bald. {\cf2\super [28]} \par Why? Because \{you will cry for\}\par the children you love.\par Make yourself bald like an eagle {\cf2\super [29]} \par \{and show your sadness\}.\par Why? Because your children\par will be taken away from you.\par
“Other people will be allowed to take your sons and your daughters. Day after day, you will look for your children. You will look for them until your eyes become weak and blind—but you will not find them. And God will not help you.