Deuteronomy 30:7
in Deuteronomy 30Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.
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ASV
And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee.
KJV
And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 30
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts
on Deuteronomy 30:6-7
At 10:16 the people were commanded to circumcise their hearts, and here God undertakes the act himself. Jeremiah 4:4 repeats the command, Jeremiah 31:33 and Ezekiel 36:26 carry the promise, and Paul takes it up at Romans 2:29, while verse 7 turns the curses on the enemies. Clarke held the promise unfulfilled in his day, and Gill read it of a future turning of the Jewish people to their Messiah.
This site's exposition
put all these curses upon
Henry reads the transfer as the curses turning from a burden on Israel into a defence against the enemies who hate and persecute it. He cites Isaiah 51:22-23, where the LORD takes the cup of staggering from His people and hands it to their tormentors. The same cup changes hands.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The cup of trembling should be taken out of their hand, and put into the hand of those that afflicted them, Isa. li. (7.) That he would give them his grace to change their hearts, and rule there (
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And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies,.... Recorded in Deu 28:16; that is, the Word of the Lord, as the Targum of Jonathan; for he being now sought unto, and embraced, will be their King and their Saviour, and revenge their enemies: and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee: the Turks and Papists, the former having taken possession of their land, and the latter being violent persecutors of them in all their countries. This will be fulfilled when the vials of God's wrath will be poured on the antichristian states, Rev 16:1.
The righteousness of faith set before them in the plainness and easiness of the commandment that was now given them,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
They will be converted to the faith of Jesus Christ as their Messiah--a spiritual deliverer, and the effect of their conversion will be that they will return and obey the voice (the Gospel, the evangelical law) of the Lord.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַן֙ | venatan | and he will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֵ֥ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאָל֖וֹת | haalot | the oaths | H423 → | 35 times |
| הָאֵ֑לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֹיְבֶ֥יךָ | ʾoyeveikha | enemies your | H341 → | 282 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שֹׂנְאֶ֖יךָ | soneeikha | [those who] hate you | H8130 → | 146 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רְדָפֽוּךָ׃ | redafukha | they have persecuted you | H7291 → | 143 times |
וְנָתַן֙and he will put
venatanH5414 →2011 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
אֵ֥ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָאָל֖וֹתthe oaths
haalotH423 →35 times
הָאֵ֑לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אֹיְבֶ֥יךָenemies your
ʾoyeveikhaH341 →282 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
שֹׂנְאֶ֖יךָ[those who] hate you
soneeikhaH8130 →146 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
רְדָפֽוּךָ׃they have persecuted you
redafukhaH7291 →143 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:15And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:26
saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then…
- Psalms 105:36–37
Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
- Leviticus 26:3–4
If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
- Deuteronomy 28:60
He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.
- 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.
- Exodus 15:26
Through
Ezekiel 25:12This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
it leads to
- Jeremiah 49:7–22
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
- Ezekiel 25:8
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”
- Psalms 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- Jeremiah 49:7–22
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.