Deuteronomy 28:9-10. Establish thee Shall confirm his covenant with thee, by which he separated thee to himself as a holy and peculiar people. Called by the name of the Lord That you are in truth his people and children: a most excellent and glorious people, under the peculiar care and countenance of the great God. read more
Deuteronomy 28:11-12. Plenteous in goods The same things which were said before are repeated, to show that God would repeat and multiply his blessings upon them. His good treasure The heaven or the air, which is God’s store-house, where he treasures up rain or wind for man’s use. read more
Obedience and disobedience (28:1-68)Further blessings and curses are now listed. These were connected more with the life of the people as a whole and were directly dependent on the people’s obedience or disobedience. The blessings mainly concerned agricultural prosperity, family happiness, victory over enemies and honour in the eyes of other nations (28:1-10). God’s assurance that he would supply their needs was linked to a warning. They were not to look for family increase or agricultural... read more
in goods = for good; or, in that which is good. thy ground = thy soil. in the land = on the soil. Hebrew. adamah . read more
Ver. 10. And all people—shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord— i.e. Shall be convinced that you are, after a peculiar manner, the Lord's people; for to be called by God's name, and to be His, are all one. Jer 25:29. 1 Chronicles 13:6. Acts 15:17. So, when Jacob says, that his name should be named on the two sons of Joseph, the meaning is, that they should be accounted his, as Reuben and Simeon were. Genesis 48:16. See Joseph Mede, disc. 1: p. 7. read more
10. called by the name of the Lord—That they are really and actually His people (Deuteronomy 14:1; Deuteronomy 26:18). read more
11. the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods—Beside the natural capabilities of Canaan, its extraordinary fruitfulness was traceable to the special blessing of Heaven. read more
C. The blessings that follow obedience 28:1-14"For the purpose of impressing upon the hearts of all the people in the most emphatic manner both the blessing which Israel was to proclaim upon Gerizim, and the curse which it was to proclaim upon Ebal, Moses now unfolds the blessing of fidelity to the law and the curse of transgression in a longer address, in which he once more resumes, sums up, and expands still further the promises and threats of the law in Ex. xxiii. 20-23, and Lev. xxvi."... read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 28:1-14
A comparison of this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26:0 will show how Moses here resumes and amplifies the promises and threats already set forth in the earlier records of the Law. The language rises in this chapter to the sublimest strains, especially in the latter part of it; and the prophecies respecting the dispersion and degradation of the Jewish nation in its later days are among the most remarkable in scripture. They are plain, precise, and circumstantial; and the... read more