申命記 28:36-46 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:15-44

Having viewed the bright side of the cloud, which is towards the obedient, we have now presented to us the dark side, which is towards the disobedient. If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which is as comprehensive of all misery as the blessing is of all happiness. Observe, I. The equity of this curse. It is not a curse causeless, nor for some light cause; God seeks not occasion against us, nor is he apt to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:45-68

One would have thought that enough had been said to possess them with a dread of that wrath of God which is revealed from heaven against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. But to show how deep the treasures of that wrath are, and that still there is more and worse behind, Moses, when one would have thought that he had concluded this dismal subject, begins again, and adds to this roll of curses many similar words: as Jeremiah did to his, Jer. 36:32. It should seem that in the former... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:36

And the Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shall set over thee ,.... This was fulfilled both in Jehoiachin and in Zedekiah, kings of Judah, who were carried captive to Babylon, by Nebuchadnezzar, 2 Kings 24:15 , unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known ; the land of Babylon, which was at a distance from them, and is represented in Scripture as afar off, Jeremiah 5:15 ; and which the Jews, not being a trading people, or dealing in merchandise in foreign... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:37

And thou shall become an astonishment ,.... To neighbouring nations, that shall hear of their overthrow and captivity, and that shall see the miserable condition they are brought into: a proverb and a byword among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee ; both for the wickedness committed by them, and for the ill usage of them by the nations among whom they should be, as they were in the Babylonish captivity; see Jeremiah 24:9 ; and now are, it being common to say,"do you think I... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:38

Thou shall carry much seed into the field ,.... And sow it plentifully; this and what is said in some following verses plainly refer to them while in their own land, before carried captive, and not to their present case and circumstances: and shall gather but little in at harvest ; little springing up, or not coming to perfection, being blighted and blasted, and so yielded but a small crop; see Haggai 1:9 ; and chiefly for the following reason: for the locust shall consume it ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:39

Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them ,.... Plant them and prune them, in expectation of much fruit from them: but shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes ; so far from drinking of the wine of them, that they should not be able to gather any grapes from them: for the worms shall eat them ; a sort of worms pernicious to vines, which the Greeks call "ipes", or "ikes" F15 See Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 4. c. 27. Colossians 622,623 . ; and the Latins... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:40

Thou shalt have olive trees throughout thy coasts ,.... In the several parts of the land of Canaan, which is therefore called a land of olive oil, Deuteronomy 8:8 , but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil ; nor any other relations, friends, guests, as was usual at entertainments; see Psalm 23:5 ; for the phrase "thyself" is not in the text. The reason why they should not anoint is, because they would have no oil to anoint with: for thine olive shall cast his fruit ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:41

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shall not enjoy them ,.... Or, "they shall not be thine" F17 ולא יהיו לך "et non erunt tibi", Pagninus, Montanus. ; being taken from them, and given to others, see Deuteronomy 28:32 ; and for the following reason: for they shall go into captivity ; as when the ten tribes were carried captive by Shalmaneser, and the two tribes by Nebuchadnezzar, and all the people of the Jews by the Romans. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:42

All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. Which is a creature that not only consumes grass, and herbs, and the corn of the field, but all green trees; see Exodus 10:15 . This sort here has its name from the shade they make, hiding the light of the sun, and darkening the face of the earth at no on day; or from the noise they make with their wings in flying; see Joel 2:5 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:43

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high ,.... In wealth and riches, in power and authority, in honour and dignity. This Manasseh Ben Israel F18 De Termino Vitae, l. 3. sect. 3. p. 128. interprets of the Samaritans, whom the king of Assyria drove out of Samaria, and the neighbouring places; but the design of the expression is to show how mean and abject they should be in another country; that even one who had been a stranger or proselyte of the gate, when in... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:15-44

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:45-68

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:43

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