Deuteronomy 28:32
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand. Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
The verse means that sons and daughters will be given to another people while their parents look on with longing all day long without power to recover or help them. It belongs to the curses set before Israel for refusing to obey God, in contrast to the blessings promised for obedience, showing that promises of prosperity and warnings of adversity are conditional on obedience or transgression. The blessings of obedience are stated plainly in Deuteronomy 26, 27 and 28. Disobedience brings the threatened covenant curse.
Moses read these curses aloud to all Israel assembled before him from the book he had written, declaring what would come upon disobedience alongside promises for obedience and the events of their past history. The surrounding chapters set out the consequences of obedience and disobedience plainly as part of God's law and for the people's good, expressing the principles of His kingdom law specifically so that minds are not left in ignorance and uncertainty. The condition is doing His judgments and keeping His ordinances and statutes to walk in them, creating a never-ceasing obligation for all who have been blessed with life, health, and temporal and spiritual advantages.
The words were spoken by Christ from the enfolding pillar of cloud, and their claim remains as binding and fresh now as when given, undiminished by age, just as His gifts remain fresh and continual. Together with chapter 1, the chapter explains why the adult generation of the army that left Egypt was refused entrance into the promised land, and it is to be read in connection with Israel's failure to follow God and exclusion. To be read carefully with chapters 7 and 8 and with Exodus 15:26, it shows a merciful covenant to put none of the diseases of Egypt upon those who diligently hearken to His voice, do right, and keep His commandments and statutes because He heals them, while transgression breaks down the barriers He erected against disease and brings suffering and disease of every kind.
It illustrates the bitter consequences of oppressing the poor and gaining wealth unjustly. It presents the fearful results of transgressing God's commands set against the blessings of obedience as contrasting outcomes that leave people to choose between them.