Deuteronomy 28:15-54 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:23

And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass ,.... Or like brass, not for its clearness, brightness, and splendour, or for its being spread out like a molten looking glass which was of brass, Job 37:18 ; but for its dryness and hardness, no moisture being in it, or passing through it; no showers of rain nor dew being let down from it: and the earth that is under thee shall be iron ; or like iron, hard and impenetrable, into which the plough and spade will not enter; nor... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:24

The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust ,.... That is, instead of showers of rain in their season, to water, refresh, and enrich the earth, and make it fruitful; and for want of them, and through the heat of the sun, being dried and parched, and its clods crumbled into dust, this should be raised up into the air by the force of winds, and let down again in showers of dust; whereby the few herbs, plants, or green trees on it would be utterly destroyed: and so the Targum of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:25

The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten fore thine enemies ,.... And by them, as they sometimes were by the Philistines and others, before their utter destruction, when they sinned against the Lord; and by the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Romans: thou shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them ; march out against them in a body, promising themselves victory, but be utterly routed; so that they shall flee every way they can for their safety; see Deuteronomy 28:7 ,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:26

And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth ,.... Which was always reckoned a very grievous calamity, have no other burial than in the bowels of beasts and birds; and was the case of many of the Jews in the Antiochian persecution, Psalm 79:2 ; and in a treatise of theirs F8 Shebat Judahm sive Hist. Jud. a Gentio, sect. 46. p. 312. , which relates their many afflictions and sufferings in their present captivity, speaking of a persecution... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt ,.... Which some understand of the leprosy, Of that sort of it called "elephantiasis", frequent among the Egyptians; See Gill on Leviticus 13:2 . Thevenot F9 Apud Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 3. p. 426, 427. relates, that when the time of the increase of the Nile expires, the Egyptians are attended with sharp prickings in their skin like needles. So Vansleb says F11 Relation of a Voyage to Egypt, p. 35, 36. ,"the waters of the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:28

The Lord shall smite thee with madness ,.... At the calamities befallen them, and through the force of diseases on them: and blindness ; not of body, but of mind; with judicial blindness and hardness of heart: and astonishment of heart ; at the miserable condition they and their families should be in. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:29

And thou shalt grope at noon day as the blind gropeth in darkness ,.... That is, being in darkness through the loss of their sight; otherwise the darkness and the light are alike to them, and they grope in the one as well as in the other. This comparison shows that the darkness and blindness of the Jews, threatened them, is to be understood not of the darkness of their bodily eyes, but of their minds; not being able to understand, or form a judgment of things that are as clear as noon day;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:30

Thou shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her ,.... Espouse a woman in order to make her his wife, and before he can take her home, and consummate the marriage, through some calamity or another coming upon them, they should be set at a distance from each other, and she should fall into the hands of another man, who either should ravish her, or gain her consent to lie with her, or become his wife; which, when the marriage was so near being consummated, must be a grievous... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:31

Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof ,.... Shall be taken from the herd, and out of the field or stall, by the enemy, and killed for the soldiers to feed on, and not the least part of it given to them: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored unto thee ; no leave shall be asked to take it, but without their consent, and against their will, it should be taken away by the soldiers to carry them and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:32

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people ,.... This also was not true in the Babylonish captivity; for then their sons and daughters went with them, and continued with them, and returned again; but has been oftentimes verified since their captivity by the Romans; frequently their sons and daughters have been taken from them by force, to be brought up in another religion, by the edicts of kings and popes, and by the canons of councils, and particularly of the fourth... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:32

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