Deu 4:27 | KD | STEP | Jehovah would scatter them among the nations, where they would perish through want and suffering, and only a few (מספּר מתי, ) would be left. “Whither” refers to the nations whose land is thought of (cf. ; ). For the thing intended, see , , , and Deu 28:64., from which it is evident that the author had not “the fate of the nation in the time of the Assyrians in his mind” ( Knobel ), but rather all the dispersions which would come upon the rebellious nation in future times, even down to the dispersion under the Romans, which continues still; so that Moses contemplated the punishment in its fullest extent.

‏ Deuteronomy 4:27

Jehovah would scatter them among the nations, where they would perish through want and suffering, and only a few (מספּר מתי, Gen 34:30) would be left. “Whither” refers to the nations whose land is thought of (cf. Deu 12:29; Deu 30:3). For the thing intended, see Lev 26:33, Lev 26:36, Lev 26:38-39, and Deu 28:64., from which it is evident that the author had not “the fate of the nation in the time of the Assyrians in his mind” (Knobel), but rather all the dispersions which would come upon the rebellious nation in future times, even down to the dispersion under the Romans, which continues still; so that Moses contemplated the punishment in its fullest extent.