Deuteronomy 28:45
in Deuteronomy 28All 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.
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ASV
And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
KJV
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
And this destruction more dreadful than the former shews, that their sin in rejecting Christ, was more provoking to God than idolatry itself, and left them more under the power of Satan.
Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee,.... Before related, as well as what follow: and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee till thou be destroyed; which though they would endeavour to flee from and escape, should not be able, since they would follow them so closely and swiftly, and overtake them, and seize upon them; see Deu 28:15, because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee; to which disobedience all the curses are to be imputed that go before or follow after.
It is amazing to think that a people so long the favourites of Heaven should be so perfectly abandoned and cast off, that a people so closely incorporated should be so universally dispersed, and yet that a people so scattered in all nations should preserve themselves distinct and not mix with any, but like Cain be fugitives and vagabonds, and yet marked to be known.
The blessings are here put before the curses, to intimate, 1. That God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy: he has said it, and sworn, that he would much rather we would obey and live than sin and die. It is his delight to bless.
The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבָ֨אוּ | uvau | and they will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עָלֶ֜יךָ | ʾaleikha | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַקְּלָל֣וֹת | hakelalot | the curses | H7045 → | 33 times |
| הָאֵ֗לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| וּרְדָפ֙וּךָ֙ | uredafukha | and they will pursue you | H7291 → | 143 times |
| וְהִשִּׂיג֔וּךָ | vehisigukha | and they will overtake you | H5381 → | 50 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הִשָּֽׁמְדָ֑ךְ | hishamedakh | being destroyed you | H8045 → | 90 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ | shama'ta | you listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּקוֹל֙ | bekol | to [the] voice of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לִשְׁמֹ֛ר | lishmor | to keep | H8104 → | 468 times |
| מִצְוֹתָ֥יו | mitzvotav | commandments his | H4687 → | 181 times |
| וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו | vechukotav | and statutes his | H2708 → | 104 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּֽךְ׃ | tzivakh | he has commanded you | H6680 → | 494 times |
וּבָ֨אוּand they will come
uvauH935 →2568 times
עָלֶ֜יךָon you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַקְּלָל֣וֹתthe curses
hakelalotH7045 →33 times
הָאֵ֗לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
וּרְדָפ֙וּךָ֙and they will pursue you
uredafukhaH7291 →143 times
וְהִשִּׂיג֔וּךָand they will overtake you
vehisigukhaH5381 →50 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הִשָּֽׁמְדָ֑ךְbeing destroyed you
hishamedakhH8045 →90 times
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
שָׁמַ֗עְתָּyou listened
shama'taH8085 →1159 times
בְּקוֹל֙to [the] voice of
bekolH6963 →506 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
לִשְׁמֹ֛רto keep
lishmorH8104 →468 times
מִצְוֹתָ֥יוcommandments his
mitzvotavH4687 →181 times
וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יוand statutes his
vechukotavH2708 →104 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּֽךְ׃he has commanded you
tzivakhH6680 →494 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 28:15If, 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:
it leads to
- Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse…
- 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 29:20
The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot…
- Leviticus 26:14–46
If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
- Romans 2:8–9
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
- Malachi 2:2
Through
Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
it leads to
- Isaiah 65:12
I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil…
- Isaiah 58:14
then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of…
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isaiah 65:12
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.