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28:47 “Because <08478> you have not <03808> served <05647> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> joyfully <08057> and wholeheartedly <03824> <02898> with the abundance <07230> of everything <03605> you have, 28:48 instead in hunger <07458>, thirst <06772>, nakedness <05903>, and poverty <02640> you will serve <05647> your enemies <0341> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> will send <07971> against you. They will place <05414> an iron <01270> yoke <05923> on <05921> your neck <06677> until <05704> they have destroyed <08045> you. 28:49 The Lord <03068> will raise up <05375> a distant <07350> nation <01471> against <05921> you, one from the other side <07097> of the earth <0776> as <0834> the eagle <05404> flies <01675>, a nation <01471> whose <0834> language <03956> you will not <03808> understand <08085>, 28:50 a nation <01471> of stern <05794> appearance <06440> that <0834> will have <05375> no <03808> regard <06440> for the elderly <02205> or <03808> pity <02603> for the young <05288>. 28:51 They will devour <0398> the offspring <06529> of your livestock <0929> and the produce <06529> of your soil <0127> until <05704> you are destroyed <08045>. They will not <03808> leave <07604> you with any grain <01715>, new wine <08492>, olive oil <03323>, calves of your herds <0504>, or lambs <06629> of your flocks <06251> until <05704> they have destroyed <06> you. 28:52 They will besiege <06887> all <03605> of your villages <08179> until <05704> all of your high <01364> and fortified <01219> walls <02346> collapse <03381>– those in which <0834> you <0859> put your confidence <0982> throughout <03605> the land <0776>. They will besiege <06887> all <03605> your villages <08179> throughout <03605> the land <0776> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> has given <05414> you. 28:53 You will then eat <0398> your own offspring <0990> <06529>, the flesh <01320> of the sons <01121> and daughters <01323> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> has given <05414> you, because of the severity <04689> of the siege <04692> by which <0834> your enemies <0341> will constrict <06693> you. 28:54 The man <0376> among you who is by nature <03966> tender <07390> and sensitive <06028> will turn against <07489> his brother <0251>, his beloved <02436> wife <0802>, and his remaining <03499> children <01121>. 28:55 He will withhold <05414> from all of them <01992> his children’s <01121> flesh <01320> that <0834> he is eating <0398> (since there is nothing <03605> <01097> else left <07604>), because of the severity <04689> of the siege <04692> by which <0834> your enemy <0341> will constrict <06693> you in your villages <08179>. 28:56 Likewise, the most tender <07390> and delicate <06028> of your women, who <0834> would never <03808> think <05254> of putting <03322> even the sole <03709> of her foot <07272> on <05921> the ground <0776> because of her daintiness <07391> <06026>, will turn against <07489> her beloved <02436> husband <0376>, her sons <01121> and daughters <01323>, 28:57 and will secretly <05643> eat <0398> her afterbirth <07272> <0996> <03318> <07988> and her newborn <03205> children <01121> (since <0834> she has nothing else <03605>), because <03588> of the severity <02640> of the siege <04692> by which <0834> your enemy <0341> will constrict <06693> you in your villages <08179>.

• Deu 28:47-57 -- The Curse of Military Siege

• Wine

  [ebd] The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning "to boil up," "to be in a ferment." Others derive it from a root meaning "to tread out," and hence the juice of the grape trodden out. The Greek word for wine is ...
  

• SIEGE

  [isbe] SIEGE - sej (matsor (Dt 28:52,53; 1 Ki 15:27; 2 Ki 25:2; Isa 29:3; Ezek 4:2); "to be besieged," "to suffer siege," ba-matsor bo' (Dt 20:19; 2 Ki 24:10; 25:2)): 1. In Early Hebrew History 2. In the Monarchy 3. Preliminaries t...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Fruit

  [ebd] a word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether vegetable or animal. The Hebrews divided the fruits of the land into three classes:, (1.) The fruit of the field, "corn-fruit" (Heb. dagan); all kinds of grain...
  

• FOOT

  [isbe] FOOT - foot (reghel, qarcol (only twice in parallel passages: 2 Sam 22:37 = Ps 18:36, where it probably means ankle); pous): The dusty roads of Palestine and other eastern lands make a much greater care of the feet necessary...
  

• 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...
  

• EVIL EYE

  [isbe] EVIL EYE - (ra` `ayin, "evil of eye"; ophthalmos poneros): The superstition of the influence of the "evil eye," so widely spread over the earth, has had a mighty influence on life and language in Palestine, though direct ref...
  

• 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...
  

• DELICATE; DELICATELY

  [isbe] DELICATE; DELICATELY - del'-i-kat, del'-i-kat-li (`edhen, `anogh; en truphe): "Delicate" usually an adjective, but once a substantive (Jer 51:34 the King James Version). "He hath filled his belly (the Revised Version (Britis...
  

• Corn

  [ebd] The word so rendered (dagan) in Gen. 27:28, 37, Num. 18:27, Deut. 28:51, Lam. 2:12, is a general term representing all the commodities we usually describe by the words corn, grain, seeds, peas, beans. With this corresponds t...
  

• 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...
  

• BOSOM

  [isbe] BOSOM - booz'-um: In the ordinary signification of the anterior upper portion of the trunk of the body, choq or cheq, "inlet, "lap" (Ex 4:6,7; Nu 11:12; Dt 13:6; 28:54,56; Ruth 4:16; Ps 74:11; Isa 65:6,7; Lam 2:12). "A prese...
  

• 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 ...
• Do eagles actually carry their young on their wings (Exodus 19:4)?
  19:3-4. As the Israelites were camped by Sinai, Moses went on the mountain and there God spoke to him about the pact He would ratify with the people (Jacob and Israel were synonyms for the nation). God compared His deliverin...

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