Deuteronomy 28:32

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:41 echoes the same curse: children born but going into captivity, reinforcing the helplessness described in verse 32.

Deuteronomy 28:65 continues the curse with 'failing eyes' — the same physical affliction from longing and exile.

Deuteronomy 28:18 curses the fruit of the womb; 28:32 expands this into the specific horror of children being taken captive.

Lamentations 2:11 describes eyes spent with weeping over children fainting — directly parallels this curse of helplessly watching children suffer.

Ezekiel 24:25 speaks of God taking away sons and daughters as judgment, directly echoing the curse of children being removed in Deuteronomy 28:32.

Micah 4:10 Prophetic fulfillment

Micah 4:10 prophesies exile to Babylon, fulfilling this curse of children being taken away — but adds a promise of redemption.

Lamentations 1:18 Prophetic fulfillment

In Lamentations 1:18, young men and women go into captivity — a direct realization of the curse on children.

Hosea 9:12 Parallel

In Hosea 9:12, God threatens to bereave them of children — the same curse of losing offspring.

2 Chronicles 29:9 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Chronicles 29:9 recounts Israel's actual captivity, fulfilling the curse of children taken captive threatened in Deuteronomy 28:32.

Joel 3:6 Historical context

Joel 3:6 accuses Tyre and Sidon of selling Judah's people into slavery, a fulfillment of the curse that children would be given to other peoples.

Nehemiah 5:2–5 Historical context

Nehemiah 5:2-5 shows Israelites selling their children into slavery due to famine, mirroring the curse of children being given to another people.

Jeremiah 15:7-9 describes God giving His people to the sword and bereaving them, similar to the curse of children being taken in Deuteronomy 28:32.

Numbers 21:29 pronounces woe on Moab for their children becoming captives — a similar image of divine judgment through child captivity.