_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 ]