Deu 28:49 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 49. A nation-from far ] Probably the Romans . As the eagle flieth ] The very animal on all the Roman standards. The Roman eagle is proverbial. Whose tongue thou shalt not understand ] The Latin language, than which none was more foreign to the structure and idiom of the Hebrew.

‏ Deuteronomy 28:49

Verse 49. A nation-from far] Probably the Romans.

As the eagle flieth] The very animal on all the Roman standards. The Roman eagle is proverbial.

Whose tongue thou shalt not understand] The Latin language, than which none was more foreign to the structure and idiom of the Hebrew.