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28:38 “You will take <03318> much <07227> seed <02233> to the field <07704> but gather <0622> little <04592> harvest, because <03588> locusts <0697> will consume <02628> it. 28:39 You will plant <05193> vineyards <03754> and cultivate <05647> them, but you will not <03808> drink <08354> wine <03196> or <03808> gather <0103> in grapes, because <03588> worms <08438> will eat <0398> them. 28:40 You will have <01961> olive trees <02132> throughout <03605> your territory <01366> but you will not <03808> anoint <05480> yourself with olive oil <08081>, because <03588> the olives <02132> will drop off <05394> the trees while still unripe. 28:41 You will bear <03205> sons <01121> and daughters <01323> but not <03808> keep <01961> them, because <03588> they will be taken <01980> into captivity <07628>. 28:42 Whirring locusts <06767> will take over <03423> every <03605> tree <06086> and all the produce <06529> of your soil <0127>. 28:43 The foreigners <01616> who <0834> reside among <07130> you will become <05927> higher <04605> and higher <04605> over <05921> you and you <0859> will become <03381> lower <04295> and lower <04295>. 28:44 They will lend <03867> to you <0859> but you will not <03808> lend <03867> to them; they will become <01961> the head <07218> and you <0859> will become <01961> the tail <02180>! 28:45 All <03605> these <0428> curses <07045> will fall <0935> on <05921> you, pursuing <07291> and overtaking <05381> you until <05704> you are destroyed <08045>, because <03588> you would not <03808> obey <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> by keeping <08104> his commandments <04687> and statutes <02708> that <0834> he has given <06680> you. 28:46 These curses will be <01961> a perpetual <05769> <05704> sign <0226> and wonder <04159> with reference to you and your descendants <02233>.

• Deu 28:38-46 -- The Curse of Reversed Status

• WORM

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. sas (Isa. 51:8), denotes the caterpillar of the clothes-moth. (2.) The manna bred worms (tola'im), but on the Sabbath there was not any worm (rimmah) therein (Ex. 16:20, 24). Here these words refer to caterpillars ...
  [smith] the representative in the Authorized Version of several Hebrew words. Sas , which occurs in (Isaiah 51:18) probably denotes some particular species of moth, whose larva is injurious to wool. Rimmah , (Exodus 16:20) points evi...
  

• WINE; WINE PRESS

  [isbe] WINE; WINE PRESS - win, win'-pres: I. Terms. 1. Wine: (1) (~yayin), apparently from a non-Tsere root allied to Greek oinos, Latin vinum, etc. This is the usual word for "wine" and is found 141 times in Massoretic Text. (2) c...
  

• STRANGER AND SOJOURNER (IN THE OLD TESTAMENT)

  [isbe] STRANGER AND SOJOURNER (IN THE OLD TESTAMENT) - stranj'-er: I. THE GER 1. Legal provisions (1) Principles (2) Rules 2. Relation to Sacrifice and Ritual 3. Historical Circumstances II. THE TOSHABH III. THE NOKHRI OR BEN NEKHA...
  

• OIL

  [isbe] OIL - oil (shemen; elaion): 1. Terms 2. Production and Storage 3. Uses (1) As a Commodity of Exchange (2) As a Cosmetic (3) As a Medicine (4) As a Food (5) As an Illuminant (6) In Religious Rites (a) Consecration (b) Offerin...
  

• 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. ...
  

• 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...
  

• LEND, LOAN

  [isbe] LEND, LOAN - lon: The translation of 7 Hebrew and 2 Greek vbs.: 1. Lexical Usages: In the Old Testament: lawah, "to join," "cause to join," "lend" (Ex 22:25; Dt 28:12,44; Ps 37:26; Prov 19:17); nashah, "to bite," "lend" (Dt ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• GET; GETTING

  [isbe] GET; GETTING - A great many Hebrew words are in the Old Testament translated "get," "got," etc. The word "get" has two meanings: (1) with the idea of movement, "to go," etc.; (2) with that of acquisition, "to gain," "obtain,...
  

• FEVER

  [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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Caterpillar

  [ebd] the consumer. Used in the Old Testament (1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28; Ps. 78:46; Isa. 33:4) as the translation of a word (hasil) the root of which means "to devour" or "consume," and which is used also with reference to the lo...
  

• 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...
  

• Anoint

  [ebd] The practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common among the Hebrews. (1.) The act of anointing was significant of consecration to a holy or sacred use; hence the anointing of the high priest (Ex. 29:29; Lev. 4:3) and of...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Curses and Blessings

  

• About 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...
• 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...
• 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 ...

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