28:45-48
The curses would pursue the nation. They would do all they could to try and avoid or overcome them, but would never succeed. This is because they would not address the root problem, disobedience to the Lord. They should have served “the Lord joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity”. When things are going well there is a great tendency to think that we don’t need God. This is what Israel would do, so she would suffer judgement.
28:49-52
The terrible nation spoken of here could be Assyria or Babylon. Assyria did decimate the northern kingdom, but was miraculously stopped at Jerusalem (see Isaiah 36-38). It was Babylon that conquered Judah, the southern kingdom. Babylon seem the more likely candidate given the total conquest spoken of here.
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