Deuteronomy 28:1-24
indeed obey <08085> [If thou shalt.]
observe .... commandments <06213 04687> [to do all.]
<05414> [will set.]
come ..... abundance <0935 05381> [come on thee.]
city <05892> [in the city.]
field <07704> [in the field.]
basket <02935> [thy basket.]
By basket, may be understood the olive-gathering and vintage, in which it was employed; and by the store or remainder, all laid up for future use, or prepared for present consumption.
mixing bowl <04863> [store. or, dough, or kneading troughs.]
<05414> [shall cause.]
before ........... flee ....... directions <06440 05127> [flee before.]
decree <06680> [command.]
barns <0618> [storehouses. or, barns.]
do <04916> [settest.]
designate <06965> [establish.]
promised <07650> [sworn.]
peoples <05971> [And all.]
Lord <07121> [called.]
respect <03372> [and they shall.]
The .... greatly <03498> [plenteous.]
multiply <02896> [in goods. or, for good. body. Heb. belly.]
open <06605> [open.]
bless .... do <01288 04639> [to bless all.]
lend ......... borrow <03867> [lend.]
head <07218> [the head.]
obey <08085> [if that thou.]
turn <05493> [thou shalt.]
right <03225> [the right.]
ignore <08085> [if thou wilt.]
curses <07045> [all these curses.]
The same variety of expression is used in these terrible curses, as in the preceding blessings, to intimate every kind of prosperity or adversity, personal, relative, and public. Consulting the marginal references will generally lead to the best exposition of the terms employed; and will frequently point out the fulfilment of the promises and threatenings.
city <05892> [in the city.]
field <07704> [in the field.]
children ......... produce <0990 06529> [the fruit of thy body.]
soil <0127> [thy land.]
send <07971> [send.]
confusing <04103> [vexation.]
<06213> [for to do. Heb. which thou wouldest do. until thou be.]
weakness <07829> [a consumption.]
sword <02719> [sword. or, drought. blasting.]
The language here is remarkable: "Thy heaven;" that part of the atmosphere which was over Judea, instead of being replenished with aqueous vapours, should become, with respect to moisture, like brass: and consequently their land would become as hard as iron, and wholly incapable of cultivation; while the clouds might give showers in abundance, and the earth be moist and fruitful in other regions.
will make ... rain <04306 05414> [make the rain.]
This was a natural consequence of their heaven's being brass, or yielding no rain; for the surface of the earth being reduced to powder, and frequently taken up by strong winds, would fall down in showers instead of rain. These showers of sand frequently, in the East, bury whole caravans.
