[[Deut-28]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Deut-27]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Deut-29]] --- ### Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you will set over yourselves, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers. There you will serve other gods of wood and stone. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The prophecy predicts that the Israelites and their monarch will be forcibly taken into exile to a foreign and unknown nation where they will be exposed to idolatry. *Historical context*: Historians and theologians identify the fulfillment of this prophecy in the Babylonian Exile (6th century BC), specifically when King Jehoiachin and later King Zedekiah were captured and taken to Babylon as recorded in [[2 Kings|2 Kings 24]]-25 and [[2 Chron|2 Chronicles 36]]. *Related to*: ### Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose language you will not understand, a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn't respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts a swift invasion by a distant, powerful nation with an unrecognizable language and a ruthless military character, symbolized by an eagle. *Historical context*: This is widely recognized by scholars as being fulfilled by the Roman Empire. The Roman military's primary standard was the 'Aquila' (eagle), their language (Latin) was distinct from the Semitic tongues of the Near East, and their legions were gathered from the far reaches of the empire (including Britain) to suppress Jewish revolts in 70 AD and 132 AD. *Related to*: ### You will eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters... in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies will distress you. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction of extreme famine and desperation during a military siege, leading to instances of cannibalism within families. *Historical context*: This horrific prediction was historically documented during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem ([[Lam-04#v10|Lamentations 4:10]]) and most famously by the historian Josephus during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD, where he records the account of a woman named Mary who ate her own child due to the severity of the famine (The Jewish [[War|War 6]].3.4). *Related to*: ### Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts a total global dispersion (Diaspora) of the Jewish people among all nations of the world. *Historical context*: This was fulfilled through the various waves of the Jewish Diaspora, particularly after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD and the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 AD. Following these events, Jewish communities were established across Europe, North Africa, Asia, and eventually the Americas, literally spanning 'one end of the earth to the other.' *Related to*: ### Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships... There you will offer yourselves to your enemies for male and female slaves, and nobody will buy you. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts a return to Egyptian bondage via sea transport, resulting in a slave market so oversaturated that no one would purchase the captives. *Historical context*: Following the Roman conquest of Jerusalem in 70 AD, the historian Josephus (The Jewish [[War|War 6]].9.2) records that Titus sent approximately 97,000 Jewish captives over the age of 17 to work in the mines of Egypt. Historical accounts by Hegesippus also mention that the number of captives was so great and the contempt for them so high that they were sold for a pittance or found no buyers at all. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy