Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28

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Deuteronomy 28 . 1 , The blessings for obedience; Deuteronomy 28 . 15 , The curses for disobedience.

Deuteronomy 28:1

“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:1 · BSB

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to do all7 parallels

will set5 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:2

And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:

Deuteronomy 28:2 · BSB

come on thee4 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:3

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

Deuteronomy 28:3 · BSB

in the city6 parallels

in the field7 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:4

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

Deuteronomy 28:4 · BSB

the whole verse12 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:5

Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.

Deuteronomy 28:5 · BSB

store1 parallel

or , dough , or kneading troughs

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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.

Deuteronomy 28:6

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

Deuteronomy 28:6 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:7

The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.

Deuteronomy 28:7 · BSB

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flee before16 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:8

The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.

Deuteronomy 28:8 · BSB

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storehouses15 parallels

or , barns

settest1 parallel

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Deuteronomy 28:9

The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.

Deuteronomy 28:9 · BSB

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sworn7 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:10

Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.

Deuteronomy 28:10 · BSB

And all1 parallel

called5 parallels

and they shall11 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:11

The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

Deuteronomy 28:11 · BSB

plenteous4 parallels

body2 parallels

Heb. belly

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in goods or , for good

Deuteronomy 28:12

The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.

Deuteronomy 28:12 · BSB

open7 parallels

to bless all2 parallels

lend3 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:13

The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.

Deuteronomy 28:13 · BSB

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if that thou3 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:14

Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.

Deuteronomy 28:14 · BSB

thou shalt7 parallels

the right1 parallel

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Deuteronomy 28:15

If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Deuteronomy 28:15 · BSB

if thou wilt6 parallels

all these curses5 parallels

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

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Deuteronomy 28:16

You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.

Deuteronomy 28:16 · BSB

in the city12 parallels

in the field22 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:17

Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.

Deuteronomy 28:17 · BSB

the whole verse8 parallels

Deuteronomy 28:18

The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Deuteronomy 28:18 · BSB

the fruit of thy body11 parallels

thy land5 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:19

You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

Deuteronomy 28:19 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:20

The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.

Deuteronomy 28:20 · BSB

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vexation10 parallels

until thou be4 parallels

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for to do Heb. which thou wouldest do

Deuteronomy 28:21

The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 28:21 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:22

The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.

Deuteronomy 28:22 · BSB

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blasting3 parallels

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sword or , drought

Deuteronomy 28:23

The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

Deuteronomy 28:23 · BSB

The language here is remarkable5 parallels

"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

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Deuteronomy 28:24

The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 28:24 · BSB

make the rain5 parallels

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

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Deuteronomy 28:25

The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:25 · BSB

cause thee6 parallels

removed6 parallels

Heb. for a removing

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Deuteronomy 28:26

Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

Deuteronomy 28:26 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:27

The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.

Deuteronomy 28:27 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:28

The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,

Deuteronomy 28:28 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:29

and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.

Deuteronomy 28:29 · BSB

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thou shalt be13 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:30

You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:30 · BSB

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build10 parallels

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Heb. profane , or , use it as common meat

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Deuteronomy 28:31

Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.

Deuteronomy 28:31 · BSB

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be restored to thee Heb. return to thee

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.

Deuteronomy 28:32 · BSB

sons11 parallels

In several countries , particularly in Spain and Portugal , the children of the Jews have been taken from them , by order of the government , to be educated in the Popish faith

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Deuteronomy 28:33

A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.

Deuteronomy 28:33 · BSB

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thou shalt be2 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:34

You will be driven mad by the sights you see.

Deuteronomy 28:34 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:35

The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

Deuteronomy 28:35 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:36

The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 28:36 · BSB

bring thee19 parallels

there shalt thou6 parallels

The Israelites , who were carried captive by the Assyrians , and many of the Jews in Chaldea , were finally incorporated with the nations among whom they lived , and were given up to their idolatry. It is probable , however , that this refers to Jews being compelled , in Popish countries , to conceal their religion , and profess that of the Romish church

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Deuteronomy 28:37

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Deuteronomy 28:37 · BSB

become11 parallels

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a proverb The name of Jew has long been a proverbial mark of detestation and contempt among all the nations whither they have been dispersed , and is so to this day , whether among Christians , Mohmammedans , or Pagans.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.

Deuteronomy 28:38 · BSB

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for the locust8 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:39

You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

Deuteronomy 28:39 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:40

You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.

Deuteronomy 28:40 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:41

You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.

Deuteronomy 28:41 · BSB

thou shalt not enjoy them3 parallels

Heb. they shall not be thine , for

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Deuteronomy 28:42

Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.

Deuteronomy 28:42 · BSB

thy trees4 parallels

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consume or , possess

Deuteronomy 28:43

The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.

Deuteronomy 28:43 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:44

He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

Deuteronomy 28:44 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:45

All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.

Deuteronomy 28:45 · BSB

Moreover15 parallels

because4 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:46

These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.

Deuteronomy 28:46 · BSB

a sign12 parallels

Deuteronomy 28:47

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

Deuteronomy 28:47 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:48

you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Deuteronomy 28:48 · BSB

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in hunger7 parallels

a yoke6 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:49

The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

Deuteronomy 28:49 · BSB

bring a nation10 parallels

Though the Chaldeans are frequently described under the figure of an eagle , yet these #### Verses especially predict the desolations brought on the Jews by the Romans; who came from a country far more distant than Chaldea; whose conquests were as rapid as the eagle's flight , and whose standard bore this very figure; who spake a language to which the Jews were then entire strangers , being wholly unlike the Hebrew , of which the Chaldee was merely a dialect; whose appearance and victories were terrible; and whose yoke was a yoke of iron; and the havoc which they made tremendous

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a nation whose3 parallels

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understand Heb. hear

Deuteronomy 28:50

a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

Deuteronomy 28:50 · BSB

of fierce countenance4 parallels

Heb. strong of face

shall not6 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:51

They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.

Deuteronomy 28:51 · BSB

the fruit3 parallels

which also6 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:52

They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 28:52 · BSB

the whole verse22 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:53

Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.

Deuteronomy 28:53 · BSB

the fruit11 parallels

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body Heb. belly

Deuteronomy 28:54

The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,

Deuteronomy 28:54 · BSB

his eye4 parallels

and toward3 parallels

The Roman armies at length besieged , sacked , and utterly desolated Jerusalem , and during this seige , the famine was so extreme , that even rich and delicate persons , both men and women , ate their own children , and concealed the horrible repast , lest others should tear it from them! "Women snatched the food out of the very mouths of their husbands , and sons of their fathers , and . what is most miserable mothers of their infants." "In every house , if there appeared any semblance of food , a battle ensued , and the dearest friends and relations fought with one another; snatching away the miserable provisions of life." "A woman distinguished by birth and wealth , after she had been plundered by the tyrants . or soldiers of all her possessions , boiling her own sucking child , ate half of him , and concealing the other half , reserved it for another time!"

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Deuteronomy 28:55

refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.

Deuteronomy 28:55 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:56

The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter

Deuteronomy 28:56 · BSB

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her eye shall be evil1 parallel

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Deuteronomy 28:57

the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.

Deuteronomy 28:57 · BSB

cometh out2 parallels

for she shall1 parallel

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young one Heb. after-birth

Deuteronomy 28:58

If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—

Deuteronomy 28:58 · BSB

If thou wilt6 parallels

fear this glorious19 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:59

He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.

Deuteronomy 28:59 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:60

He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.

Deuteronomy 28:60 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:61

The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 28:61 · BSB

bring upon thee1 parallel

Heb. cause to ascend

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Deuteronomy 28:62

You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 28:62 · BSB

few in number11 parallels

In the seige of Jerusalem there died 1 ,100 ,000 persons , and more than 90 ,000 were carried captive; and , having afterwards provoked the Romans by their crimes and rebellions , they persecuted them nearly to extirpation; to which , if the tens of thousands which were slaughtered year after year in every country be added , it appears wonderful that there were any remains left

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Deuteronomy 28:63

Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 28:63 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:64

Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Deuteronomy 28:64 · BSB

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there thou shalt2 parallels

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Deuteronomy 28:65

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

Deuteronomy 28:65 · BSB

shalt thou7 parallels

the Lord8 parallels

failing of eyes5 parallels

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among After the conquest of their country by the Romans , Hadrian , by a public decree , ratified by the senate , forbad any Jew to come even within sight of Judea; and hence they were dispersed over every quarter of the globe , where they found no alleviation or respite from misery. In no country are they treated as denizens; all suspect them as enemies , and behave to them as aliens; if they do not , as had been too frequently the case , harass , oppress , and persecute them , even unto death.

Deuteronomy 28:66

So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

Deuteronomy 28:66 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:67

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.

Deuteronomy 28:67 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 28:68

The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

Deuteronomy 28:68 · BSB

bring thee into Egypt5 parallels

This #### Verse seems especially to point out an event , which took place subsequently to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus , and the desolation made by Hadrian. Numbers of the captives were sent by sea into Egypt . as well as into other countries and sold for slaves at a vile price , and for the meanest offices; and many thousands were left to perish from want; for the multitude was so great , that purchasers could not be found for them all at any price!

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web11 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Acts 13:11 → Deuteronomy 28:28-29, Acts 22:11 → Deuteronomy 28:28-29, 2 Chronicles 6:24 → Deuteronomy 28:23-24, 2 Chronicles 6:26 → Deuteronomy 28:23-24, 2 Chronicles 7:19-22 → Deuteronomy 28:37, 2 Chronicles 7:20 → Deuteronomy 28:37, Habakkuk 1:8 → Deuteronomy 28:49
Trajectories
Babylonian Exile (Judgment and Discipline), Covenant Violations (Prophetic Indictments)
Longitudinal Themes
Covenant, Land and Inheritance
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