OLD TESTAMENT

Deuteronomy 28:32

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32

Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand.

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Verse 32. Hand. Hebrew also, “thy hand shall not be lifted up towards God.” Targ. of Jerusalem says, Thou shalt possess nothing, wherewith thou mayest render God propitious. Calmet.—Thou shalt not be able to rescue, ( Menochius.) or to assist thy distressed children.

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