Deuteronomy 28:30-39

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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 Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:33

The fruit of thy land, and all thy labour, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up ,.... The same was prophesied of by Jeremiah, concerning the Babylonish captivity, and was fulfilled in it, Jeremiah 5:17 ; and has been also verified in the frequent pillage and spoil of this people, in their present state; for though they have no land to till, from whence to gather fruit, yet they are employed in manufactures and merchandise, the fruit and benefit of which they have been frequently... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:34

So that thou shalt be mad, for the sight of thine eyes that thou shall see. On account of the shocking things seen by them, their dreadful calamities, oppressions, and persecutions, such as before related; not only violent diseases on their bodies, which were grievous to behold, as well as their pains were intolerable, and made them mad; but to be deprived of a betrothed wife, a newly built house, and a newly planted vineyard; to have an ox slain, and an ass taken away by their enemies, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:35

The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch, that cannot be healed ,.... Which in those parts as it is very painful, so is not easily cured; and this which is threatened was incurable by the art of man, as others in Deuteronomy 28:27 ; and which should not stop there in the lower parts of the body, but proceed and spread: from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head ; and so be filled with them, as Job was with his boils and ulcers. 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

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