Deuteronomy 28:50

A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 36:17 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Chronicles 36:17 recounts Babylon showing no mercy to young or old — a direct historical fulfillment of the nation described in Deuteronomy.

Isaiah 47:6 Parallel

Isaiah 47:6 condemns Babylon for showing no mercy to the aged — mirroring the harsh nation predicted in Deuteronomy.

Daniel 8:23 Allusion

Daniel 8:23 describes a king of bold face, using the same Hebrew idiom as Deuteronomy's hard-faced nation — a close parallel.

2 Kings 24:2 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Kings 24:2 records the Babylonian invasion as fulfillment of this curse — 'according to the word of the LORD'.

Isaiah 33:19 describes a fierce people with unintelligible speech — matching the description of the foreign nation here.

Jeremiah 21:7 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 21:7 says Nebuchadnezzar will not spare, pity, or have mercy — directly fulfilling the curse of no pity.

Lamentations 2:21 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 2:21 laments young and old slain without pity — exactly the outcome predicted in this curse.

Ezekiel 28:7 uses the same 'terrible of the nations' to describe invaders against Tyre, echoing the fierce nation in the curse.

Ezekiel 30:11 repeats 'the terrible of the nations' bringing destruction to Egypt, parallel to the fierce invading nation.

Ezekiel 32:12 again uses 'terrible of the nations' for invaders against Egypt, mirroring the curse's description.