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28:1 “If <0518> you indeed <08085> obey <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> and are careful <08104> to observe <06213> all <03605> his commandments <04687> I <0595> am giving <06680> you today <03117>, the Lord <03068> your God <0430> will elevate <05945> you above <05921> all <03605> the nations <01471> of the earth <0776>. 28:2 All <03605> these <0428> blessings <01293> will come <0935> to <05921> you in abundance <05381> if <03588> you obey <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>: 28:3 You <0859> will be blessed <01288> in the city <05892> and blessed <01288> in the field <07704>. 28:4 Your children <0990> <06529> will be blessed <01288>, as well as the produce <06529> of your soil <0127>, the offspring <06529> of your livestock <0929>, the calves of your herds <0504>, and the lambs <06629> of your flocks <06251>. 28:5 Your basket <02935> and your mixing bowl <04863> will be blessed <01288>. 28:6 You will be blessed <01288> when you <0859> come <0935> in and blessed <01288> when you <0859> go out <03318>. 28:7 The Lord <03068> will cause <05414> your enemies <0341> who attack <06965> you to be struck down <05062> before <06440> you; they will attack <03318> you from one <0259> direction <01870> but flee <05127> from <06440> you in seven <07651> different directions <01870>. 28:8 The Lord <03068> will decree <06680> blessing <01293> for you with respect to your barns <0618> and in everything <03605> you do <04916>– yes, he will bless <01288> you in the land <0776> he <0430> <03068> is giving <05414> you. 28:9 The Lord <03068> will designate <06965> you as his holy <06918> people <05971> just as <0834> he promised <07650> you, if <03588> you keep <08104> his commandments <04687> and obey <01980> him. 28:10 Then all <03605> the peoples <05971> of the earth <0776> will see <07200> that <03588> you belong to the Lord <05921> <07121> <03068> <08034>, and they will respect <03372> you <04480>. 28:11 The Lord <03068> will greatly <02896> multiply <03498> your children <0990> <06529>, the offspring <06529> of your livestock <0929>, and the produce <06529> of your soil <0127> in <05921> the land <0127> which <0834> he promised <07650> your ancestors <01> he would give <05414> you. 28:12 The Lord <03068> will open <06605> for you his good <02896> treasure <0214> house, the heavens <08064>, to give <05414> you rain <04306> for the land <0776> in its season <06256> and to bless <01288> all <03605> you do <03027> <04639>; you will lend <03867> to many <07227> nations <01471> but you <0859> will not <03808> borrow <03867> from any. 28:13 The Lord <03068> will make <05414> you the head <07218> and not <03808> the tail <02180>, and you will always end up <01961> at the top <04605> and not <03808> at the bottom <04295>, if <03588> you obey <08085> his <03068> commandments <04687> which <0834> I <0595> am urging <06680> you today <03117> to be careful <08104> to do <06213>. 28:14 But you must not <03808> turn away <05493> from all <03605> the commandments <01697> I <0595> am giving <06680> you today <03117>, to either the right <03225> or left <08040>, nor pursue <0310> <01980> other <0312> gods <0430> and worship <05647> them. 28:15 “But if <0518> you ignore <06963> <08085> <03808> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> and are not careful to keep <08104> all <03605> his commandments <04687> and statutes <02708> I <0595> am giving <06680> you today <03117>, then all <03605> these <0428> curses <07045> will come <0935> upon <05921> you in full force <05381>: 28:16 You <0859> will be cursed <0779> in the city <05892> and cursed <0779> in the field <07704>. 28:17 Your basket <02935> and your mixing bowl <04863> will be cursed <0779>. 28:18 Your children <0990> <06529> will be cursed <0779>, as well as the produce <06529> of your soil <0127>, the calves of your herds <0504>, and the lambs <06629> of your flocks <06251>. 28:19 You will be cursed <0779> when you <0859> come <0935> in and cursed <0779> when you <0859> go out <03318>. 28:20 “The Lord <03068> will send <07971> on you a curse <03994>, confusing <04103> you and opposing you <04045> in everything <03605> you undertake <03027> <04916> until <05704> you are destroyed <08045> and quickly <04118> perish <06> because <06440> of the evil <07455> of your deeds <04611>, in that <0834> you have forsaken me <05800>. 28:21 The Lord <03068> will plague <01698> you with deadly diseases <01692> until <05704> he has completely removed <03615> you from <05921> the land <0127> you <0859> are about <0935> to possess <03423>. 28:22 He will afflict <05221> you with weakness <07829>, fever <06920>, inflammation <01816>, infection <02746>, sword <02719>, blight <07711>, and mildew <03420>; these will attack <07291> you until <05704> you perish <06>. 28:23 The sky <08064> above <05921> your heads <07218> will be <01961> bronze <05178> and the earth <0776> beneath <08478> you iron <01270>. 28:24 The Lord <03068> will make <05414> the rain <04306> of your land <0776> powder <080> and dust <06083>; it will come down <03381> on <05921> you from <04480> the sky <08064> until <05704> you are destroyed <08045>. 28:25 “The Lord <03068> will allow <05414> you to be struck down <05062> before <06440> your enemies <0341>; you will attack <03318> them from one <0259> direction <01870> but flee <05127> from <0413> them in seven <07651> directions <01870> and will become <01961> an object of terror <02189> to all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776>. 28:26 Your carcasses <05038> will be <01961> food <03978> for every <03605> bird <05775> of the sky <08064> and wild animal <0929> of the earth <0776>, and there will be no <0369> one to chase them off <02729>. 28:27 The Lord <03068> will afflict <05221> you with the boils <07822> of Egypt <04714> and with tumors <06076>, eczema <01618>, and scabies <02775>, all of which <0834> cannot <03201> <03808> be healed <07495>. 28:28 The Lord <03068> will also subject <05221> you to madness <07697>, blindness <05788>, and confusion <08541> of mind <03824>. 28:29 You will <01961> feel <04959> your way along at noon <06672> like <0834> the blind person <05787> does in darkness <0653> and you will not <03808> succeed <06743> in anything you do <01870>; you will be <01961> constantly <0389> oppressed <06231> and continually <03117> <03605> robbed <01497>, with no one <0369> to save <03467> you. 28:30 You will be engaged <0781> to a woman <0802> and another <0312> man <0376> will rape <07693> her. You will build <01129> a house <01004> but not <03808> live in it. You will plant <05193> a vineyard <03754> but not <03808> even begin <02490> to use it. 28:31 Your ox <07794> will be slaughtered <02873> before your very eyes <05869> but you will not <03808> eat <0398> of it. Your donkey <02543> will be stolen <01497> from <04480> you as you watch <06440> and will not <03808> be returned <07725> to you. Your flock <06629> of sheep will be given <05414> to your enemies <0341> and there will be no one <0369> to save <03467> you. 28:32 Your sons <01121> and daughters <01323> will be given <05414> to another <0312> people <05971> while you look <07200> on in vain <03616> all <03605> day <03117>, and you will be powerless <03027> <0410> <0369> to <0413> do anything about it. 28:33 As for the produce <06529> of your land <0127> and all <03605> your labor <03018>, a people <05971> you do not <03808> know <03045> will consume <0398> it, and you will be <01961> nothing but <07535> oppressed <06231> and crushed <07533> for the rest <03117> of your lives. 28:34 You will go <01961> insane <07696> from seeing <07200> all this.

• Deu 28:1-14 -- The Covenant Blessings
• Deu 28:15-19 -- Curses as Reversal of Blessings
• Deu 28:20-24 -- Curses by Disease and Drought
• Deu 28:25-37 -- Curses by Defeat and Deportation

• Fever

  [ebd] (Deut. 28:22; Matt. 8:14; Mark 1:30; John 4:52; Acts 28:8), a burning heat, as the word so rendered denotes, which attends all febrile attacks. In all Eastern countries such diseases are very common. Peter's wife's mother is...
  [isbe] FEVER - fe'-ver (qaddachath, dalleqeth; puretos, derived from a root signifying "to burn"): A generic term, applied to all diseases characterized by high temperature of body. Several forms of febrile disease are among the co...
  [nave] FEVER, Lev. 26:16; Deut. 28:22; Job 30:30; Psa. 22:15; Matt. 8:14; Acts 28:8.
  

• EXODUS, THE

  [isbe] EXODUS, THE - ek'-so-dus: I. THE ROUTE 1. The Starting-Point 2. Rameses to Succoth 3. Succoth to Etham 4. Passage of the Sea 5. Other Views of the Route II. THE DATE 1. Old Testament Chronology 2. Date of Conquest of Palesti...
  

• Heathen

  [ebd] (Heb. plural goyum). At first the word goyim denoted generally all the nations of the world (Gen. 18:18; comp. Gal. 3:8). The Jews afterwards became a people distinguished in a marked manner from the other goyim. They were a...
  

• Moses

  [ebd] drawn (or Egypt. mesu, "son;" hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17-25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. This immigration took place probably about 350 years before the birth of Moses. ...
  

• Obedience

  [nave] OBEDIENCE. Gen. 18:19; Ex. 19:5; Ex. 20:6 Deut. 5:10. Ex. 24:7 Josh. 24:24. Num. 9:23; Num. 14:24 Josh. 14:6-14. Josh. 22:2; 1 Kin. 3:14; 2 Kin. 18:6; 2 Kin. 21:8; Neh. 1:5; Psa. 1:2; Psa. 18:44; Psa. 25:10; Psa. 99:7; Psa....
  

• GOOD, CHIEF

  [isbe] GOOD, CHIEF - What this consisted in was greatly discussed in ancient philosophy. Varro enumerated 288 answers to the question. By Plato "the good" was identified with God. In the Old Testament while the "good" of the nation...
  

• LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. TERMS USED 1. Torah ("Law") 2. Synonyms of Torah (1) Mitswah ("Command") (2) `Edhah ("Witness," "Testimony") (3) MishpaTim ("Judgments") (4) Chuqqim ("Statutes") (5) Piqqudhim ("Precepts") II...
  

• Jerusalem

  [ebd] called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the "city of God," the "holy city;" by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning "the holy;" once "the city of Judah" (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the dual form, and means "posses...
  

• LEVITICUS, 2

  [isbe] LEVITICUS, 2 - III. Origin. 1. Against the Wellhausen Hypothesis: As in the article ATONEMENT, DAY OF, sec. I, 2, (2), we took a stand against the modern attempts at splitting up the text, and in III, 1 against theory of the...
  

• Fear of God

  [nave] FEAR OF GOD. Reverence Gen. 35:5; Ex. 18:21; Ex. 20:18-20; Lev. 22:32; Deut. 4:10; Deut. 5:29; Deut. 6:2; Deut. 10:12, 20, 21 Deut. 6:13; 13:4; 14:23. Deut. 28:49, 58; Josh. 4:24; Josh. 24:14; 1 Sam. 2:30; 1 Sam. 12:14, 24...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Backsliders

  [nave] BACKSLIDERS. Lev. 26:14-42; Deut. 4:9; Deut. 8:11-14; Deut. 28:58, 59, 63 vs. 15-68;; 1 Kin. 9:6-9; Deut. 29:18 vs. 18-28.; Deut. 32:15-30; Josh. 24:27 vs. 20-27.; 2 Chr. 15:2-4; Ezra 8:22; Job 34:26, 27; Psa. 44:20, 21; Ps...
  

• APOSTASY; APOSTATE

  [isbe] APOSTASY; APOSTATE - a-pos'-ta-si, a-pos'-tat (he apostasia, "a standing away from"): I.e. a falling away, a withdrawal, a defection. Not found in the English Versions of the Bible, but used twice in the New Testament, in th...
  

• Holy Spirit

  [nave] HOLY SPIRIT. Gen. 1:2; Gen. 6:3; Gen. 41:38; Ex. 31:3 Ex. 35:31. Num. 27:18; Neh. 9:20; Job 16:19; Job 32:8; Job 33:4; Psa. 51:11, 12; Psa. 103:9; Psa. 139:7; Isa. 4:4; Isa. 6:8; Isa. 11:2; Isa. 28:6; Isa. 30:1; Isa. 32:15;...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Judgments

  [nave] JUDGMENTS On the serpent, Gen. 3:14, 15. Eve, Gen. 3:16; Adam, Gen. 3:17-19. Cain, Gen. 4:11-15; the Antediluvians, Gen. 6; 7; Sodomites, Gen. 19:23-25; Egyptians, the plagues and overthrow, Ex. 7-14; Nadab and Abihu, Lev....
  

• Idolatry

  [nave] IDOLATRY. Wicked Practices of Human sacrifices, Lev. 18:21; 20:2-5; Deut. 12:31; 18:10; 2 Kin. 3:26, 27; 16:3; 17:17, 18; 21:6; 23:10; 2 Chr. 28:3; 33:6; Psa. 106:37, 38; Isa. 57:5; Jer. 7:31; 19:4-7; 32:35; Ezek. 16:20, 2...
  

• Reprobacy

  [nave] REPROBACY. Gen. 6:5-7; Gen. 19:13; Deut. 28:15-68; Deut. 31:17, 18; Psa. 81:11, 12; Prov. 1:24-28; Isa. 6:9, 10; Isa. 22:12-14; Isa. 28:13; Isa. 29:9-12; Isa. 65:12; Jer. 6:30; Jer. 7:16; Jer. 15:1; Hos. 5:6; Matt. 13:14, 1...
  

• Disobedience to God

  [nave] DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD. Denunciations Against Num. 14:11, 12, 22-24; Num. 32:8-13; Deut. 18:19; Deut. 28:15-68 Lev. 26:14-46. Punishment of Of the Egyptians by plagues, See: Plagues. See also Sin, Punishment of. Instances...
  

• Famine

  [ebd] The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to Gerar (Gen. 26:1, 17). But...
  [nave] FAMINE Pharaoh forewarned of, in dreams, Gen. 41. Described, Deut. 28:53-57; Isa. 5:13; 9:18-21; 17:11; Jer. 5:17; 14:1-6; 48:33; Lam. 1:11, 19; 2:11-22; 4:4-10; Joel 1:17-20. Sent as a judgment, Lev. 26:19-29; Deut. 28:23...
  

• About Curses and Blessings

  

• Curses and Blessings

  

• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...
• Was it realy feasible for Mordecai or Ester to return to Jerusalem during their time in Persia? (Since it seems that they fall between the returns of Zerubbabel and Ezra.) How does this affect their disobedience for not returning?
  I found these remarks in the Bible Knowledge Commentary, which may be of interest: Historical Setting. The Book of Esther is unique in several ways. For one thing it is a book with several historical problems. The book ...
• I have friends who are Seventh Day Adventist and in the Unification Church. One believes in soul sleep and the other believes we can communicate with dead relatives. Are there any biblical passages to refute their beliefs?
  Consulting the dead is clearly condemned in Deuteronomy 18:11. We also see Saul attempting to do this just before his death in 1 Samuel chapter 28. As to the matter of soul sleep, I would look at texts like these: Luke 16...
• Do you have to believe the Bible is the inerrant word of God to be saved?
  In a very general way, I think I can say that one could come to faith in Christ for salvation without believing in the inerrancy of the Word of God, but I am doubtful that one could stay that way for long. The disciples of ou...
• Does God Send Disease?
  God governs the world by the natural laws which he has established, and it would be impossible to define the extent to which he uses those laws to work out his providential purposes. It is probable that, in some cases, where ...

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