Cold. The word occurs no where else. The Chaldean, Syriac, &c., have the reverse, "heat." --- Blasting. In the original, either the mildew destroying the corn, (Haydock) or the jaundice, which attacks the human body, may be meant. (Calmet) read more
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... read more
The Curses of Disobedience v. 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, namely, those enumerated in the second part of the Chapter, shall come upon thee and overtake thee, like the victorious enemies seeking to take as many captives as possible. v. 16. Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. v. 17.... read more
The Blessing and Curse and the Renewing of the Covenant—the Last DiscourseDeuteronomy 28— 30Deuteronomy 28:1-681And 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 [give] thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake [reach, come to, fall upon] thee, if [because (for)] thou shalt hearken unto... read more
the Fearful Results of Disobedience Deuteronomy 28:20-46 If we compare this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26:1-46 , we shall see how Moses resumes and amplifies the promises and threatenings already set forth in the earlier editions of the Law. The blessings are declared in fourteen verses, while the curses require four times as much space. This is due to God’s eagerness that men should be warned from courses that injure, and shut up to those that lead to blessedness. Note the... read more
We now come to the commencement of the third discourse of Moses. It was pre-eminently the uttering of solemn warnings in which he laid before the people the results of disobedience and rebellion. He spoke first, however, of the blessings which would follow obedience. They were to have national pre-eminence. Temporal blessings of all kinds would abound. They were to have victory over their enemies in time of war. The purpose of their King, Jehovah, it was plainly declared, was to fill them with... read more
The Cursings That Will Result If They Are Not Faithful To The Covenant (Deuteronomy 28:15-68 ). But once they wander outside the sphere of the covenant only cursings can await them. They will have put themselves in the same place as that already taken by those whom they had cursed in Deuteronomy 27:15-26. Those examples were but samples of a wider Law, a Law which they would now have broken. Thus they have by their ‘Amen’ themselves acknowledged that it will be right for Yahweh to curse them.... read more
The First Sixfold Curse (Deuteronomy 28:16-20 ). These curses parallel the blessings in Deuteronomy 28:3-6 and must therefore all be seen together. Deuteronomy 28:16-19 ‘Cursed shall you be in the city, And cursed shall you be in the field. Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough. Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, And the fruit of your ground, The increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock. Cursed shall you be when you come in, And cursed shall you be when you go... read more
The Second Sixfold Curse (Deuteronomy 28:21-29 ). This is now followed by a further sixfold curse, with each of the six, commencing (in EVV, in MT it comes second with the verb coming first for emphasis) with Yahweh’s name. Whereas the first curses where on their daily lives and mainly affected the fruitfulness of their crops and herds, resulting from famine conditions, these further curses range wider covering pestilence, disease, and sword. The series contains six detailed curses. Note that... read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:20
Rebuke, or "curse." Septuagint, the pestilence, (Calmet) or destruction, ( analosin. ) (Haydock) read more