Deuteronomy 28:68

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וֶֽהֱשִֽׁיבְךָ֨ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ מִצְרַיִם֮ בָּאֳנִיּוֹת֒ בַּדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֣רְתִּֽי לְךָ֔ לֹא־תֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד לִרְאֹתָ֑הּ וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּ֨ם שָׁ֧ם לְאֹיְבֶ֛יךָ לַעֲבָדִ֥ים וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹת וְאֵ֥ין קֹנֶֽה׃

Transliteration

And hešîbkā YHWH miṣrayim in the 'ŏniyyôt, in the derek which 'āmartî to you, not tôsîp again lir'ōtāh; and hitmakartem there to 'ōyebêkā for 'ăbādîm and for šəpāḥôt, and there is not qōneh.

Grammar Details

*hešîbkā*: hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will bring you back
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*'ŏniyyôt*: feminine plural noun - ships
*derek*: masculine singular noun construct - way/road
*'āmartî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I said
*tôsîp*: hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will add/continue
*lir'ōtāh*: qal infinitive construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - to see it
*hitmakartem*: hithpael perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you will sell yourselves
*'ōyebêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your enemies
*'ăbādîm*: masculine plural noun - slaves/servants
*šəpāḥôt*: feminine plural noun - female slaves/servants
*qōneh*: qal participle masculine singular - buyer/purchaser

Word Meanings

*hešîbkā*: bring you back/return you/cause you to return
*'ŏniyyôt*: ships/vessels/boats
*derek*: way/road/journey/path
*hitmakartem*: sell yourselves/offer yourselves for sale/be sold
*'ăbādîm*: male slaves/male servants/bondmen
*šəpāḥôt*: female slaves/female servants/bondwomen
*'ên qōneh*: no buyer/none to purchase/no one willing to buy

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Referenced Verses

Hos 9:3 : 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
Jer 43:7 : 7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
Jer 44:12 : 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
Hos 8:13 : 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Deut 17:16 : 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Neh 5:8 : 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
Esth 7:4 : 4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Joel 3:3-7 : 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; 5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Exod 20:2 : 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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