_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IF THOU SHALT HEARKEN DILIGENTLY UNTO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, TO OBSERVE AND TO DO ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, THAT THE LORD THY GOD WILL SET THEE ON HIGH ABOVE ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH:_ If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THESE BLESSINGS SHALL COME ON THEE, AND OVERTAKE THEE, IF THOU SHALT HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD._ All these blessings shall come on thee - their national obedience was to be rewarded by extraordinary and universal prosperity.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BLESSED SHALT THOU BE IN THE CITY, AND BLESSED SHALT THOU BE IN THE FIELD._ In the city, and ... in the field - whether living in town or country, whether engaged in trade or agriculture.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BLESSED SHALL BE THE FRUIT OF THY BODY, AND THE FRUIT OF THY GROUND, AND THE FRUIT OF THY CATTLE, THE INCREASE OF THY KINE, AND THE FLOCKS OF THY SHEEP._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BLESSED SHALL BE THY BASKET AND THY STORE._ Thy basket and thy store, х_ UWMISH'ARTEKAA_ (H4863). This word (cf. Deuteronomy 28:17; Exodus 8:3) "store" is rendered "kneading trough," Exodus 12:34. The Septuagint has: ta engkataleimmata sou-thy things reserved.] Some take it for the leather bag or... [ Continue Reading ]
_BLESSED SHALT THOU BE WHEN THOU COMEST IN, AND BLESSED SHALT THOU BE WHEN THOU GOEST OUT._ When thou comest in, and ... when thou goest out - they should have pleasant and prosperous journeys when they required to travel, and should return home in happiness and safety.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL CAUSE THINE ENEMIES THAT RISE UP AGAINST THEE TO BE SMITTEN BEFORE THY FACE: THEY SHALL COME OUT AGAINST THEE ONE WAY, AND FLEE BEFORE THEE SEVEN WAYS._ Flee before thee seven ways - i:e., in various directions, as always happens in a rout.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL COMMAND THE BLESSING UPON THEE IN THY STOREHOUSES, AND IN ALL THAT THOU SETTEST THINE HAND UNTO; AND HE SHALL BLESS THEE IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL PEOPLE OF THE EARTH SHALL SEE THAT THOU ART CALLED BY THE NAME OF THE LORD; AND THEY SHALL BE AFRAID OF THEE._ Called by the name of the Lord - i:e., are really and actually His people (Deuteronomy 14:1; Deuteronomy 26:18).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SHALL MAKE THEE PLENTEOUS IN GOODS, IN THE FRUIT OF THY BODY, AND IN THE FRUIT OF THY CATTLE, AND IN THE FRUIT OF THY GROUND, IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD SWARE UNTO THY FATHERS TO GIVE THEE._ The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods. Beside the natural capabilities of Canaan, and th... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL OPEN UNTO THEE HIS GOOD TREASURE, THE HEAVEN TO GIVE THE RAIN UNTO THY LAND IN HIS SEASON, AND TO BLESS ALL THE WORK OF THINE HAND: AND THOU SHALT LEND UNTO MANY NATIONS, AND THOU SHALT NOT BORROW._ THE LORD SHALL OPEN UNTO THEE GOOD TREASURE. The seasonable supply of the early and l... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SHALL MAKE THEE THE HEAD, AND NOT THE TAIL; AND THOU SHALT BE ABOVE ONLY, AND THOU SHALT NOT BE BENEATH; IF THAT THOU HEARKEN UNTO THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, TO OBSERVE AND TO DO THEM:_ The head, and not the tail - an Oriental form of expressi... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IF THOU WILT NOT HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, TO OBSERVE TO DO ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HIS STATUTES WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY; THAT ALL THESE CURSES SHALL COME UPON THEE, AND OVERTAKE THEE:_ But ... if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
_CURSED SHALT THOU BE IN THE CITY, AND CURSED SHALT THOU BE IN THE FIELD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL MAKE THE PESTILENCE CLEAVE UNTO THEE, UNTIL HE HAVE CONSUMED THEE FROM OFF THE LAND, WHITHER THOU GOEST TO POSSESS IT._ Pestilence (cf. 1 Kings 8:37; Amos 4:10) - some fatal epidemic. There is no reason, however, to think that the plague, which is the great modern scourge of the Eas... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL SMITE THEE WITH A CONSUMPTION, AND WITH A FEVER, AND WITH AN INFLAMMATION, AND WITH AN EXTREME BURNING, AND WITH THE SWORD, AND WITH BLASTING, AND WITH MILDEW; AND THEY SHALL PURSUE THEE UNTIL THOU PERISH._ A consumption, х_ BASHACHEPET_ (H7829), from _ SHAACHAP_ (H7828), to become... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THY HEAVEN THAT IS OVER THY HEAD SHALL BE BRASS, AND THE EARTH THAT IS UNDER THEE SHALL BE IRON._ Heaven ... brass ... earth ... iron - strong Oriental figures used to describe the effects of long-continued drought. But the language is limited to Judea: "the heaven that is over thy head ... th... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL MAKE THE RAIN OF THY LAND POWDER AND DUST: FROM HEAVEN SHALL IT COME DOWN UPON THEE, UNTIL THOU BE DESTROYED._ The rain of thy land powder and dust, х_ 'AABAAQ_ (H80)] - light, impalpable (Isaiah 5:21; Ezekiel 26:10); the opposite of х_ `AAPAAR_ (H6083)] thick, heavy dust, and of х_... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL CAUSE THEE TO BE SMITTEN BEFORE THINE ENEMIES: THOU SHALT GO OUT ONE WAY AGAINST THEM, AND FLEE SEVEN WAYS BEFORE THEM: AND SHALT BE REMOVED INTO ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH._ The Lord shall cause thee to be ... removed into all the kingdoms of the earth - (cf. 1 Kings 9:7; Jeremi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THY CARCASE SHALL BE MEAT UNTO ALL FOWLS OF THE AIR, AND UNTO THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH, AND NO MAN SHALL FRAY THEM AWAY._ Thy carcass shall be meat unto ... the beasts of the earth. х_ UWLBEHEMAT_ (H929) _ HAA'AARETS_ (H776), generally denotes any tame animal; but in an elevated style it is use... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD WILL SMITE THEE WITH THE BOTCH OF EGYPT, AND WITH THE EMERODS, AND WITH THE SCAB, AND WITH THE ITCH, WHEREOF THOU CANST NOT BE HEALED._ The botch of Egypt, х_ SHªCHIYN_ (H7822)] - an inflamed ulceration. It seems to have been very prevalent in Egypt, and of an exceedingly malignant charac... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL SMITE THEE WITH MADNESS, AND BLINDNESS, AND ASTONISHMENT OF HEART:_ Madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart - they "would be bewildered and paralyzed with terror at extent of their calamities.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT GROPE AT NOONDAY, AS THE BLIND GROPETH IN DARKNESS, AND THOU SHALT NOT PROSPER IN THY WAYS: AND THOU SHALT BE ONLY OPPRESSED AND SPOILED EVERMORE, AND NO MAN SHALL SAVE THEE._ Thou shalt grope at noon-day - a general description of the painful uncertainty in which they would live. D... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT BETROTH A WIFE, AND ANOTHER MAN SHALL LIE WITH HER: THOU SHALT BUILD AN HOUSE, AND THOU SHALT NOT DWELL THEREIN: THOU SHALT PLANT A VINEYARD, AND SHALT NOT GATHER THE GRAPES THEREOF._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THY SONS AND THY DAUGHTERS SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO ANOTHER PEOPLE, AND THINE EYES SHALL LOOK, AND FAIL WITH LONGING FOR THEM ALL THE DAY LONG: AND THERE SHALL BE NO MIGHT IN THINE HAND._ Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people. Since the old generation was doomed to die in the wi... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE FRUIT OF THY LAND, AND ALL THY LABOURS, SHALL A NATION WHICH THOU KNOWEST NOT EAT UP; AND THOU SHALT BE ONLY OPPRESSED AND CRUSHED ALWAY:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL SMITE THEE IN THE KNEES, AND IN THE LEGS, WITH A SORE BOTCH THAT CANNOT BE HEALED, FROM THE SOLE OF THY FOOT UNTO THE TOP OF THY HEAD._ The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch, х_ SHªCHIYN_ (H7822) _ RA`_ (H7451)] - a malignant ulcerous leprosy, w... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL BRING THEE, AND THY KING WHICH THOU SHALT SET OVER THEE, UNTO A NATION WHICH NEITHER THOU NOR THY FATHERS HAVE KNOWN; AND THERE SHALT THOU SERVE OTHER GODS, WOOD AND STONE._ The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king. This shows how widespread would be the range of the national calamit... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT BECOME AN ASTONISHMENT, A PROVERB, AND A BYWORD, AMONG ALL NATIONS WHITHER THE LORD SHALL LEAD THEE._ Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all nations - other people should wonder at their great and protracted calamities. No doubt they were so to the As... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT CARRY MUCH SEED OUT INTO THE FIELD, AND SHALT GATHER BUT LITTLE IN; FOR THE LOCUST SHALL CONSUME IT._ Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in. This is verified by the produce of the earth, not only in the immediate neighbourhood of Jerusalem, but ov... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT PLANT VINEYARDS, AND DRESS THEM, BUT SHALT NEITHER DRINK OF THE WINE, NOR GATHER THE GRAPES; FOR THE WORMS SHALL EAT THEM._ Thou shalt plant vineyards ... but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. The vine, in all stages of its growth, is... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT HAVE OLIVE TREES THROUGHOUT ALL THY COASTS, BUT THOU SHALT NOT ANOINT THYSELF WITH THE OIL; FOR THINE OLIVE SHALL CAST HIS FRUIT._ Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts ... Syria, especially that part of it which the Israelites inhabited, was the native country of the ol... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT BEGET SONS AND DAUGHTERS, BUT THOU SHALT NOT ENJOY THEM; FOR THEY SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY._ Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them. All the Jewish children in Georgia are the property of the Georgian powers (Joseph Wolff).... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THY TREES AND FRUIT OF THY LAND SHALL THE LOCUST CONSUME._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THEE SHALL GET UP ABOVE THEE VERY HIGH; AND THOU SHALT COME DOWN VERY LOW._ The stranger that is within thee shall get above thee very high. This was fulfilled in the subsequent history of Israel; as appears, for instance, in the prosperity of "the stranger" (Judges 2:1... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER ALL THESE CURSES SHALL COME UPON THEE, AND SHALL PURSUE THEE, AND OVERTAKE THEE, TILL THOU BE DESTROYED; BECAUSE THOU HEARKENEDST NOT UNTO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HIS STATUTES WHICH HE COMMANDED THEE:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE SHALT THOU SERVE THINE ENEMIES WHICH THE LORD SHALL SEND AGAINST THEE, IN HUNGER, AND IN THIRST, AND IN NAKEDNESS, AND IN WANT OF ALL THINGS: AND HE SHALL PUT A YOKE OF IRON UPON THY NECK, UNTIL HE HAVE DESTROYED THEE._ In hunger, and in thirst ... and in want of all things - (cf. Amos 4... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL BRING A NATION AGAINST THEE FROM FAR, FROM THE END OF THE EARTH, AS SWIFT AS THE EAGLE FLIETH; A NATION WHOSE TONGUE THOU SHALT NOT UNDERSTAND;_ The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far. The predictions in this and the subsequent verses are usually referred to the invasio... [ Continue Reading ]
_A NATION OF FIERCE COUNTENANCE, WHICH SHALL NOT REGARD THE PERSON OF THE OLD, NOR SHEW FAVOUR TO THE YOUNG:_ A nation of fierce countenance - a just description of the Romans, who were not only bold and unyielding, but ruthless and implacable, sparing, as Josephus expressly records, neither age, n... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SHALL EAT THE FRUIT OF THY CATTLE, AND THE FRUIT OF THY LAND, UNTIL THOU BE DESTROYED: WHICH ALSO SHALL NOT LEAVE THEE EITHER CORN, WINE, OR OIL, OR THE INCREASE OF THY KINE, OR FLOCKS OF THY SHEEP, UNTIL HE HAVE DESTROYED THEE._ He shall eat the fruit of thy cattle ... The ravages of an in... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SHALL BESIEGE THEE IN ALL THY GATES, UNTIL THY HIGH AND FENCED WALLS COME DOWN, WHEREIN THOU TRUSTEDST, THROUGHOUT ALL THY LAND: AND HE SHALL BESIEGE THEE IN ALL THY GATES THROUGHOUT ALL THY LAND, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD HATH GIVEN THEE._ He shall besiege thee ... until thy high and fenced w... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT EAT THE FRUIT OF THINE OWN BODY, THE FLESH OF THY SONS AND OF THY DAUGHTERS, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD HATH GIVEN THEE, IN THE SIEGE, AND IN THE STRAITNESS, WHEREWITH THINE ENEMIES SHALL DISTRESS THEE:_ Thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body - (see the notes at 2 Kings 6:29; Lament... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THAT THE MAN THAT IS TENDER AMONG YOU, AND VERY DELICATE, HIS EYE SHALL BE EVIL TOWARD HIS BROTHER, AND TOWARD THE WIFE OF HIS BOSOM, AND TOWARD THE REMNANT OF HIS CHILDREN WHICH HE SHALL LEAVE:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND TOWARD HER YOUNG ONE THAT COMETH OUT FROM BETWEEN HER FEET, AND TOWARD HER CHILDREN WHICH SHE_ _ AND TOWARD HER YOUNG ONE THAT COMETH OUT FROM BETWEEN HER FEET, AND TOWARD HER CHILDREN WHICH SHE SHALL BEAR: FOR SHE SHALL EAT THEM FOR WANT OF ALL THINGS SECRETLY IN THE SIEGE AND STRAITNESS, WHER... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF THOU WILT NOT OBSERVE TO DO ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK, THAT THOU MAYEST FEAR THIS GLORIOUS AND FEARFUL NAME, THE LORD THY GOD;_ That thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name. It would have been better here, and in many other passages if our translators had p... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE LORD WILL MAKE THY PLAGUES WONDERFUL, AND THE PLAGUES OF THY SEED, EVEN GREAT PLAGUES, AND OF LONG CONTINUANCE, AND SORE SICKNESSES, AND OF LONG CONTINUANCE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL BE LEFT FEW IN NUMBER, WHEREAS YE WERE AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN FOR MULTITUDE; BECAUSE THOU WOULDEST NOT OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD._ Ye shall be left few in number. Notwithstanding the teeming population of ancient Judea, there has been ever since the destruction of Jerusalem o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT AS THE LORD REJOICED OVER YOU TO DO YOU GOOD, AND TO MULTIPLY YOU; SO THE LORD WILL REJOICE OVER YOU TO DESTROY YOU, AND TO BRING YOU TO NOUGHT; AND YE SHALL BE PLUCKED FROM OFF THE LAND WHITHER THOU GOEST TO POSSESS IT._ Ye shall be plucked from off the land. Hadri... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SHALL SCATTER THEE AMONG ALL PEOPLE, FROM THE ONE END OF THE EARTH EVEN UNTO THE OTHER; AND THERE THOU SHALT SERVE OTHER GODS, WHICH NEITHER THOU NOR THY FATHERS HAVE KNOWN, EVEN WOOD AND STONE._ The Lord shall scatter thee among all people. There is, perhaps, not a country in the wor... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AMONG THESE NATIONS SHALT THOU FIND NO EASE, NEITHER SHALL THE SOLE OF THY FOOT HAVE REST: BUT THE LORD SHALL GIVE THEE THERE A TREMBLING HEART, AND FAILING OF EYES, AND SORROW OF MIND:_ Among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest. The phraseology... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THY LIFE SHALL HANG IN DOUBT BEFORE THEE; AND THOU SHALT FEAR DAY AND NIGHT, AND SHALT HAVE NONE ASSURANCE OF THY LIFE:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE MORNING THOU SHALT SAY, WOULD GOD IT WERE EVEN! AND AT EVEN THOU SHALT SAY, WOULD GOD IT WERE MORNING! FOR THE FEAR OF THINE HEART WHEREWITH THOU SHALT FEAR, AND FOR THE SIGHT OF THINE EYES WHICH THOU_ _ SHALT SEE._ In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! These words exhibit... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SHALL BRING THEE INTO EGYPT AGAIN WITH SHIPS, BY THE WAY WHEREOF I SPAKE UNTO THEE, THOU SHALT SEE IT NO MORE AGAIN: AND THERE YE SHALL BE SOLD UNTO YOUR ENEMIES FOR BONDMEN AND BONDWOMEN, AND NO MAN SHALL BUY YOU._ The Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships. The accomplish... [ Continue Reading ]