申命記 28:13-14 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:14

(Cf. Deuteronomy 5:29 ; Deuteronomy 11:28 .) Moses ends as he began, by reminding them that the condition of enjoying the blessing was obedience to the Divine Law, and steadfast adherence to the course in which they were called to walk. read more

Albert Barnes

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 28:13

Deuteronomy 28:13. The head The chief of all people in power, or at least in dignity and privileges; so that even they that are not under thy authority shall reverence thy greatness and excellence. So it was in David’s and Solomon’s time, and so it should have been oftener and much more, if they had performed the conditions. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-68

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 28:13

the head, and not the tail. Figure of speech Pleonasm ( App-6 ) for great emphasis. above . . . and not beneath. Figure of speech Pleonasm. See note above. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 28:14

go aside. Compare Deuteronomy 17:11 , Deuteronomy 17:20 . Proverbs 4:27 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 28:13

Ver. 13. The Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail,— A proverbial method of speaking, which the following words explain: "You shall rule over other nations, but other nations shall not rule over you." Such was the happy lot of the people of Israel under the reigns of David and Solomon. To shew them that their prosperity depended upon their obedience, it is added in the next verse, thou shalt not go aside, &c. REFLECTIONS.—God delights in the prosperity of his people, and to bless... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 28:13

13, 14. the head, and not the tail—an Oriental form of expression, indicating the possession of independent power and great dignity and acknowledged excellence (Isaiah 9:14; Isaiah 19:15). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

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

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:1-68

The Blessing and the CurseThis chapter properly follows Deuteronomy 26:19, and concludes the second discourse. It enforces the injunctions given, by exhibiting the blessings associated with the keeping of them, and the curses entailed upon disobedience.1-14. The Blessings for Obedience.5. Store] lit. ’kneading-trough’ as in Exodus 12:34. The basket is that used for holding bread: see Genesis 40:17; Leviticus 8:2; Matthew 14:20.7. Seven ways] (at once), a proverbial saying expressing a... read more