Deuteronomy 28:41

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 28:32 similarly curses children being given to another people, reinforcing the same threat within the covenant blessings and curses.

2 Kings 24:14 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 24:14, the Babylonian captivity fulfills this curse as Jerusalem's children are taken into exile.

Lamentations 1:5 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 1:5 describes children going captive, a direct fulfillment of this curse after Jerusalem's fall.

2 Chronicles 28:8 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Chronicles 28:8 records the captivity of 200,000 Judahites by Israel, fulfilling the curse of children being taken.

Hosea 9:12 Parallel

Hosea 9:12 warns of God bereaving children, directly paralleling the curse that sons and daughters will be lost.

Micah 1:16 Parallel

Micah 1:16 directly repeats this curse: children will go into exile, calling for mourning.

Jeremiah 15:7 describes God bereaving His people, a general judgment that includes loss of children, reminiscent of the curse.

Job 27:14 Parallel

Job 27:14 speaks of children being multiplied for the sword, a parallel theme of losing offspring as divine judgment.