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The Commandment (Lev 19:33-34)

"And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not
do him wrong. The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be
unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as
thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of EgyptrCY
(Lev. 19:33-34, JPS1917)"

The Curse for Disobedience to the Divine Commandment (Deut.28:43-44)

"The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above
thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and
lower. He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he
shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail"
(Deut. 28:43-44)."


Was this fulfilled in post-exilic times by phoenician bankers lending to israel?

"They might say that this passage refers to Phoenician
money-lenders who bought up the agricultural produce at their
own price, because they had advanced money o the Judean farmers
who had to take any price the moneylenders were willing to
give. In their own country, they were helpless against the sharp
practices of the Phoenician merchants."

-- Jacob Hoschander, The Priests & Prophets, JTS, NYC 1937
pp. 222) pdf/page 246/392,
https://archive.org/details/priestsprophets00hosc


No. because this, Deut.28:43-44 would mean --

"This would mean actual subjection of Israel to the strangers in
their midst. Seeing, however, that Israel did not suffer such a
fate, but financially was subject to the foreign money-lenders,
this curse was interpreted historically"

Now Hoschander makes his argument to show that the text is from Mosaic
times and not the work of post-exilic Dueteronomists, but also indicates
the prophecy was not fulfilled in the Kings & Chronicles.
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