John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:7
The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face ,.... As the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Edomites, and Ammonites were, especially in the times of David: they shall come out against thee one way : in a body, all together, in large numbers, marching in great order, to give them battle: and flee before thee seven ways ; be entirely routed, and flee some one way, and some another, even every way they could take to make their escape. The... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-14
The blessings are here put before the curses, to intimate, 1. That God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy: he has said it, and sworn, that he would much rather we would obey and live than sin and die. It is his delight to bless. 2. That though both the promises and the threatenings are designed to bring and hold us to our duty, yet it is better that we be allured to that which is good by a filial hope of God's favour than that we be frightened to it by a servile fear of his wrath. That... read more