Deuteronomy 28:15-20

For the terminology see notes on Deuteronomy 28:1.

20a forms with 25 a clear antithesis to Deuteronomy 28:7, but is more elaborate than the latter. For cursingcp. Malachi 2:2; Malachi 3:9; for discomfituresee on Deuteronomy 7:23; rebukeis found only here. On for to do(lit. which thou shalt do) see Deuteronomy 14:29; until thou be destroyed, cp. Deuteronomy 28:24; Deuteronomy 28:45; Deuteronomy 28:51; Deuteronomy 28:61, Deuteronomy 7:23.

20b (from and until thou perish) is taken by some as an expansion. On perish quicklysee Deuteronomy 4:16; Deuteronomy 11:17; for evil of thy doingscp. Hosea 9:15; Isaiah 1:16; Jeremiah 4:4 + Jeremiah 4:17 times. Forsaken me, yet Moses is the speaker, cp. Deuteronomy 7:4.