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Text -- Deuteronomy 28:1-24 (NET)
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The Covenant Blessings
28:1 “If you indeed obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today , the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth .
28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God :
28:3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field .
28:4 Your children will be blessed , as well as the produce of your soil , the offspring of your livestock , the calves of your herds , and the lambs of your flocks .
28:5 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed .
28:6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out .
28:7 The Lord will cause your enemies who attack you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction but flee from you in seven different directions .
28:8 The Lord will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do – yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.
28:9 The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.
28:10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the Lord , and they will respect you .
28:11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children , the offspring of your livestock , and the produce of your soil in the land which he promised your ancestors he would give you.
28:12 The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens , to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do ; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.
28:13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail , and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom , if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do .
28:14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving you today , to either the right or left , nor pursue other gods and worship them.
Curses as Reversal of Blessings
28:15 “But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today , then all these curses will come upon you in full force :
28:16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field .
28:17 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed .
28:18 Your children will be cursed , as well as the produce of your soil , the calves of your herds , and the lambs of your flocks .
28:19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out .
Curses by Disease and Drought
28:20 “The Lord will send on you a curse , confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds , in that you have forsaken me .
28:21 The Lord will plague you with deadly diseases until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess .
28:22 He will afflict you with weakness , fever , inflammation , infection , sword , blight , and mildew ; these will attack you until you perish .
28:23 The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron .
28:24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust ; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Fever |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
Jerusalem |
Moses |
Obedience |
EXODUS, THE |
Heathen |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
GOOD, CHIEF |
DEUTERONOMY |
SALVATION |
Blessing |
Righteous |
God |
Fear of God |
Disobedience to God |
Judgments |
Idolatry |
Holy Spirit |
APOSTASY; APOSTATE |
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NET Notes -> Deu 28:1; Deu 28:1; Deu 28:2; Deu 28:3; Deu 28:4; Deu 28:6; Deu 28:7; Deu 28:7; Deu 28:8; Deu 28:9; Deu 28:9; Deu 28:10; Deu 28:11; Deu 28:11; Deu 28:11; Deu 28:12; Deu 28:13; Deu 28:13; Deu 28:14; Deu 28:14; Deu 28:15; Deu 28:15; Deu 28:18; Deu 28:19; Deu 28:20; Deu 28:20; Deu 28:20; Deu 28:20; Deu 28:21; Deu 28:22; Deu 28:22; Deu 28:22; Deu 28:22; Deu 28:23; Deu 28:23
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NET Notes: Deu 28:2 Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”
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NET Notes: Deu 28:6 Come in…go out. To “come in” and “go out” is a figure of speech (merism) indicating all of life and its activities.
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NET Notes: Deu 28:8 Heb “the Lord your God.” Because English would not typically reintroduce the proper name following a relative pronoun (“he will bles...
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NET Notes: Deu 28:10 Heb “the name of the Lord is called over you.” The Hebrew idiom indicates ownership; see 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1, as well as BDB 896 s.v. ...
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NET Notes: Deu 28:20 Heb “the evil of your doings wherein you have forsaken me”; CEV “all because you rejected the Lord.”
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