Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:3
In the city - In all civil employments. In the field - in all agricultural pursuits. read more
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Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:4
Fruit of thy body - All thy children. Increase of thy kine, etc.; every animal employed in domestic and agricultural purposes shall be under the especial protection of Divine Providence. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:5
Thy basket - Thy olive gathering and vintage, as the basket was employed to collect those fruits. Store - משארת mishereth , kneading-trough, or remainder; all that is laid up for future use, as well as what is prepared for present consumption. Some think that by basket all their property abroad may be meant, and by store all that they have at home, i. e., all that is in the fields, and all that is in the houses. The following note of Mr. Harmer is important: - "Commentators seem to... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:6
When thou comest in - From thy employment, thou shalt find that no evil has happened to the family or dwelling in thy absence. When thou goest out - Thy way shall be made prosperous before thee, and thou shalt have the Divine blessing in all thy labors. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:7
The Lord shall cause thine enemies, etc. - This is a promise of security from foreign invasion, or total discomfiture of the invaders, should they enter the land. They shall come against thee one way - in the firmest and most united manner. And flee seven ways - shall be utterly broken, confounded, and finally routed. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:8
The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee - Every thing that thou hast shall come by Divine appointment; thou shalt have nothing casually, but every thing, both spiritual and temporal, shall come by the immediate command of God. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:9
The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto himself - This is the sum of all blessings, to be made holy, and be preserved in holiness. If thou shalt keep, etc. - Here is the solemn condition; if they did not keep God's testimonies, taking them for the regulators of their lives, and according to their direction walking in his ways, under the influence and aids of his grace, then the curses, and not the blessings, must be their portion. See Deuteronomy 28:15 , etc. read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:1
Verse 1 1.And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken. He teaches the same thing as before in different words; but the diversity of expression, as well as the repetition, tends to its confirmation. First, God says that He would deal with them so bountifully that they should excel all other nations; for this is the meaning of the words, that they should be illustrious above all the rest of the world on account of the special blessings of God. He afterwards enumerates the blessings which... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:9
Verse 9 9.The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto himself. This refers indeed to earthly blessings, as if Moses said, that by them would be manifested God’s love towards His chosen people; still it rises higher, so that the Israelites, led on by degrees, should learn to embrace God alone, and to trust in Him according to the covenant which He had made with Abraham, “I am thy exceeding great reward.” (Genesis 15:1.) For the children of Abraham were set apart and chosen to be a holy... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:2
All these blessings shall come on thee - God shall pour out his blessing from heaven upon thee. And overtake thee. Upright men are represented as going to the kingdom of God, and God's blessings as following and overtaking them in their heavenly journey. There are several things in this verse worthy of the most careful observation: - 1. If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. The voice of God must be heard; without a Divine revelation how can the Divine will be known? And... read more