Deuteronomy 28:15-68 NIV

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 28:15

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God ,.... As directed, exhorted, and encouraged to, Deuteronomy 28:1 , &c.; to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day ; both moral and ceremonial: that all these curses shall come upon thee ; from the hand of God, certainly, suddenly, and unawares: and overtake thee ; pursuing after thee, will come up to thee, and seize upon thee, though they may seem... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:16

Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. In Deuteronomy 28:16 the curses are delivered out in form, as the reverse of the blessings in Deuteronomy 28:3 ; and by observing what the blessings mean, the sense of the curses may easily be understood, the one being directly opposite to the other. See Gill on Deuteronomy 28:3 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:17

Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. See Gill on Deuteronomy 28:5 , Deuteronomy 28:16 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:18

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. See Gill on Deuteronomy 28:4 , Deuteronomy 28:16 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:19

Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. See Gill on Deuteronomy 28:6 , Deuteronomy 28:16 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:20

The Lord shall send upon thee cursing ,.... Which is either a general word for all that follows, or rather, since that had been expressed before in various instances, this may denote some particular judgment. Jarchi interprets it of penury, of want of all good things, extreme poverty, so as to be reduced to the utmost necessity, and as to stand in need of the common comforts and supports of life, and even to have their blessings and mercies turned into curses; the consequence of which must... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:21

The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee ,.... Not only to come upon them; but to continue with them: until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it ; which shows that this respects not some particular seasons, when the pestilence came and continued awhile, and then ceased, as in the times of David; but when it became more general, and issued with other judgments in the utter consumption of them, as at the destruction of Jerusalem, both by the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:22

The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption ,.... An emaciation of their bodies, either through famine or wasting diseases, whereby the fluids are washed off, and men are reduced to skin and bones: and with a fever ; a hot burning disease, which dries up the radical moisture, consumes it, and so threatens with death; of which there are various sorts, and some very pestilential and mortal Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it of a fire in the face, by which they seem to mean what is called... 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 28:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:22

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