Deuteronomy 28:46
in Deuteronomy 28These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.
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ASV
and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
KJV
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder,....
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
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָי֣וּ | vehayu | and they will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְךָ֔ | vekha | among <the> you | ||
| לְא֖וֹת | leot | <into> a sign | H226 → | 80 times |
| וּלְמוֹפֵ֑ת | ulemofet | and <into> a wonder | H4159 → | 36 times |
| וּֽבְזַרְעֲךָ֖ | uvezarakha | and among offspring your | H2233 → | 229 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עוֹלָֽם׃ | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
וְהָי֣וּand they will become
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
בְךָ֔among <the> you
vekha
לְא֖וֹת<into> a sign
leotH226 →80 times
וּלְמוֹפֵ֑תand <into> a wonder
ulemofetH4159 →36 times
וּֽבְזַרְעֲךָ֖and among offspring your
uvezarakhaH2233 →229 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
עוֹלָֽם׃perpetuity
olamH5769 →438 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
Isaiah 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
it leads to
- Hebrews 2:13–14
And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
- Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken…
- Zechariah 8:3
This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be…
- Hebrews 2:13–14
Through
Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
- 1 Kings 9:7–8
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an…
- 2 Chronicles 7:20
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of…
- Jeremiah 24:9
Through
Jeremiah 19:8I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
- Jeremiah 18:16
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
