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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:8

The effect of the blessing should be seen, not only in the supremacy of Israel over all opposition, but in the abundance of their possessions, in the success of their undertakings, and in the respect in which they should be held by all nations. Storehouses . The Hebrew word ( אֲסָמִים ), which occurs only here and in Proverbs 3:10 , is properly thus rendered. It comes from a root which signifies to lay up. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:8

The blessing that maketh rich. I. FULL STOREHOUSES , WITHOUT GOD 'S BLESSING , ARE NOT RICHES . God does not count a man rich further than the good things he has are of real and lasting benefit to him. Wealth unblessed of God is not to be desired. 1. Unblessed good is ill ( Ecclesiastes 5:10-15 ). 2. It turns to ill—is not enduring ( Proverbs 13:22 ), takes wings and leaves, is a curse to offspring ( Ecclesiastes 5:14 , Ecclesiastes 5:15 ; Ecclesiastes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:9

The Lord would establish them to be a people holy unto himself, in whose Blessed condition all would see that they were indeed his people, favored by him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:9

Established. Probation, in the case of the faithful, ends in establishment. If Israel would keep the commandments, God would "perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle" them as "an holy people" to himself, and so confirm the promises made to the fathers. A like promise to the Church and to Christians ( Acts 16:5 ; Romans 1:11 ; Colossians 2:7 ; Hebrews 13:9 ; 1 Peter 5:10 ; 2 Peter 1:12 ). Establishment is: 1. Unto holiness. 2. A result of God naming his Name upon his... 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 28:9-10

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

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 28:8

storehouses = barns. Hebrew. 'aSamaritan Pentateuch Occurs only here and Proverbs 3:10 . settest thine hand = lettest thine hand go forth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for all that is wrought by it. App-6 . hand. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Vulgate, read "hands". 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

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