Deuteronomy 28:15

_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. Curses that were to follow them in the event of disobedience are now enumerated; and they are almost exact counterparts to the blessings which were described in the preceding context as the reward of a faithful adherence to the covenant. The parallel is observed in the particulars specified, Deuteronomy 28:16; and the special blessing of Heaven in all their undertakings, promised to faithful and continued obedience, is substituted by an unmitigated curse (Deuteronomy 28:20

15._But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken_. This list of curses is longer than the previous one which was proclaimed from Mount Sinai, undoubtedly because the Spirit of God foresaw that the sluggishness of the people had need of sharper stimulants. If they had been only moderately teachable, what they had already heard would have been even more than sufficient to alarm them; but now God redoubles His threatenings against them in their inertness and forgetfulness, that they might not only be compelled to fear, but also aroused by constant reminding. For this reason, He declares that they should be “cursed in the city and in the field,” _i e_. , at home and abroad, in the house or out of the house; and again, that their food should be cursed in the seed and in the meal. Afterwards, He enumerates three kinds of fruit in which they should be cursed, viz., their own offspring, t...

15-44 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 includes all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Observe the justice of this curse. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. The extent and power of this curse. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows; wherever he is, it rests upon him. Whatever he has is under a curse. All his enjoyments are made bitter; he cannot take any true comfort in them, for the wrath of God mixes itself with them. Many judgments are here stated, which would be the fruits of the curse, and with which God would punish the people of the Jews, for their apostacy and disobedience. We may observe the fulfilling of these threatenings in their present state. To complete their misery, it is threatened that by these troubles they should be bereaved of all comf...

The curses correspond in form and number Deuteronomy 28:15 to the blessings Deuteronomy 28:3, and the special modes in which these threats should be executed are described in five groups of denunciations Deuteronomy 28:20. Deuteronomy 28:20 First series of judgments. The curse of God should rest on all they did, and should issue in manifold forms of disease, in famine, and in defeat in war. Deuteronomy 28:20...

EXPOSITION THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE. Having enjoined the proclamations of the blessing and the curse on their entering into possession of Canaan, Moses, for the sake of impressing on the minds of the people both the blessing and the curse, proceeds here to dilate upon both, dwelling especially upon the latter as that which the people the more needed to have brought home to them. As he proceeds, the language of terrible denunciation passes into that of no less terrible prediction, in which the calamities that should come upon the nation because of their apostasy and rebellion are clearly and pointedly foretold. DEUTERONOMY 28:1 _The_ _blessing_._ _The condition _sine qua non _of all enjoyment of the Divine bounty was obedience on

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 to move slowly; see Zechariah 5:3; namely, the curses which follow. Manasseh Ben Israel f divides them into two parts, the first from hence to Deuteronomy 28:45; which respects the destr

24. THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE CHAPTER 28 _ 1. The blessing promised (Deuteronomy 28:1)_ 2. The curse announced (Deuteronomy 28:15) This is one of the most solemn Chapter s in the Pentateuch. Orthodox Hebrews read in their synagogues each year through the entire five books of Moses. When they read this chapter, the Rabbi reads in a subdued voice. And well may they read it softly and ponder over it, for here is prewritten the sad and sorrowful history of that wonderful nation. Here thousands of years ago the Spirit of God through Moses outlined the history of the scattered nation, all their suffering and tribulations, as it has been for well nigh two millenniums and as it is still. Here are arguments for the divine, the supernatural origin of this book which

The curses to follow disobedience. These answer generally to the blessings of Deuteronomy 28:1, only that the order Deuteronomy 28:5; Deuteronomy 28:4 is presumed and Deuteronomy 28:1_ b_ and Deuteronomy 28:2_ b_ are ignored. Deuteronomy 28:21. pestilence: a general term; so Jeremiah 14:12....

STATUTES. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1. THESE CURSES. Figure of speech _Hypotyposis._ App-6....

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 _cursing_cp. Malachi 2:2; Malachi 3:9; for _discomfiture_see on Deuteronomy 7:23; _rebuke_is found only here. On _for to do_(lit. _which thou shalt do_) see Deuteronomy 14:29; _until thou be destroyed_, cp....