‏ Deuteronomy 28:21-61

Exod 5:3; Lev 26:25; Num 14:12, Num 16:46-49, Num 25:9; 2Sam 24:15; Jer 15:2, Jer 16:4; Jer 21:6-7, Jer 24:10; Matt 26:7

a consumption Lev 26:16; 2Chr 6:28; Jer 14:12

sword or, drought

blasting 1Kgs 8:37; Amos 4:9; Hag 2:17

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.

Lev 26:19; 1Kgs 17:1, 1Kgs 18:2; Jer 14:1-6; Amos 4:7

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. Deut 28:12; Gen 19:24; Job 18:15-21; Isa 5:24; Amos 4:11

cause thee Deut 28:7, Deut 32:30; Lev 26:17, Lev 26:36-37; Isa 30:17

removed Heb. for a removing, Jer 15:2-9, Jer 24:9, Jer 29:18, Jer 34:17; Ezek 23:46; Luke 21:24

1Sam 17:44-46; Ps 79:1-3; Isa 34:3; Jer 7:33, Jer 8:1, Jer 16:4, Jer 19:7, Jer 34:20; Ezek 39:17-20

the botch Deut 28:35; Exod 9:9, Exod 9:11, Exod 15:26

emerods 1Sam 5:6, 1Sam 5:9, 1Sam 5:12; Ps 78:66

scab Lev 13:2-8, Lev 21:20; Isa 3:17

1Sam 16:14; Ps 60:3; Isa 6:9-10, Isa 19:11-17, Isa 43:19; Jer 4:9; Ezek 4:17; Luke 21:25-26; Acts 13:41; 2Thess 2:9-11

grope Job 5:14, Job 12:25; Ps 69:23-24; Isa 59:10; Lam 5:17; Zeph 1:17; Rom 11:7-10, Rom 11:25; 2Cor 4:3-4

thou shalt be Judg 3:14, Judg 4:2-3, Judg 6:1-6, Judg 10:8, Judg 13:1; 1Sam 13:5-7, 1Sam 13:19-22; Neh 9:26-29, Neh 9:37; Ps 106:40-42; Lam 5:8; Acts 21:24

betroth Deut 20:6-7; Job 31:10; Jer 8:10; Hos 4:2

build Job 3:18; Isa 5:9-10, Isa 65:21-22; Jer 12:13; Lam 5:2; Amos 5:11; Mic 6:15; Zeph 1:13

gather Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat, Deut 20:6 *marg.

ox Judg 6:1; Job 1:14-15

be restored to thee Heb. return to thee

sons 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. Deut 28:18, Deut 28:41; Num 21:29; 2Chr 29:9; Neh 5:2-5; Jer 15:7-9, Jer 16:2-4; Ezek 24:25; Joel 3:6; Amos 5:27; Mic 4:10

fail Deut 28:65; Job 11:20, Job 17:5; Ps 69:3, Ps 119:82, Ps 119:123; Isa 38:14; Lam 2:11, Lam 4:17; Lam 5:17

The fruit Deut 28:30, Deut 28:51; Lev 26:16; Neh 9:36-37; Isa 1:7; Jer 5:17, Jer 8:16

thou shalt be Deut 28:29; Jer 4:17

Deut 28:28, Deut 28:68; Isa 33:14; Jer 25:15-16; Rev 16:10-11

botch Deut 28:27; Job 2:6-7; Isa 1:6, Isa 3:17, Isa 3:24

bring thee 2Kgs 17:4-6, 2Kgs 24:12-15, 2Kgs 25:6-7, 2Kgs 25:11; 2Chr 33:11, 2Chr 36:6, 2Chr 36:17, 2Chr 36:20; Isa 39:7; Jer 22:11-12, Jer 22:24-27, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 39:5-7, Jer 52:8-11; Lam 4:20; Ezek 12:12-13

there shalt thou 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 Deut 28:64, Deut 4:28; Jer 16:13; Ezek 20:32-33, Ezek 20:39

become Deut 28:28, Deut 29:22-28; 1Kgs 9:7-8; 2Chr 7:20; Ps 44:13-14; Jer 24:9, Jer 25:9; Joel 2:17 *marg. Zech 8:13

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.

shalt carry Isa 5:10; Mic 6:15; Hag 1:6

for the locust Exod 10:14-15; Joel 1:4, Joel 2:3, Joel 2:25; Amos 4:9, Amos 7:1-2

for the worms Joel 1:4-7, Joel 2:2-4; Jonah 4:7

anoint thyself Ps 23:5, Ps 104:15; Mic 6:15

thou shalt not enjoy them Heb. they shall not be thine, for. Deut 28:32; 2Kgs 24:14; Lam 1:5

thy trees Deut 28:38-39; Amos 7:1-2

consume or, possess

Judg 2:3, Judg 2:11-15, Judg 4:2-3, Judg 10:7-10, Judg 14:4, Judg 15:11-12; 1Sam 13:3-7, 1Sam 13:19-23; 2Kgs 17:20, 2Kgs 17:23, 2Kgs 24:14-16; John 18:31, John 19:15

Deut 28:12-13; Lam 1:5

Moreover Deut 28:5, Deut 28:15, Deut 29:20-21; Lev 26:28; 2Kgs 17:20; Prov 13:21; Isa 1:20, Isa 65:14-15; Jer 24:9-10; Lam 2:15-17; Ezek 7:15, Ezek 14:21

because Deut 11:27-28; Ps 119:21; Jer 7:22-25

a sign Deut 28:37, Deut 28:59, Deut 29:20, Deut 29:28; Isa 8:18; Jer 19:8, Jer 25:18; Ezek 14:8, Ezek 23:32-33; Ezek 36:20; 1Cor 10:11

Deut 12:7-12, Deut 16:11, Deut 32:13-15; Neh 9:35; 1Tim 6:17-19

serve 2Chr 12:8; Neh 9:35-37; Jer 5:19, Jer 17:4; Ezek 17:3, Ezek 17:7, Ezek 17:12

in hunger Jer 44:17-18, Jer 44:22, Jer 44:27; Lam 5:2-6; Ezek 4:16-17

a yoke Isa 47:6; Jer 27:12-13, Jer 28:13-14; Matt 11:29

bring a nation 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. Num 24:24; Isa 5:26-30; Jer 5:15-17; Dan 6:22-23, Dan 9:26; Hab 1:6-7; Luke 19:43-44

as the eagle Jer 4:13, Jer 48:40, Jer 49:22; Lam 4:19; Ezek 17:3, Ezek 17:12; Hos 8:1; Matt 24:28

a nation whose Jer 5:15; Ezek 3:6; 1Cor 14:21

understand Heb. hear

of fierce countenance Heb. strong of face, Prov 7:13; Eccl 8:1 *marg. Dan 7:7, Dan 8:23

shall not 2Chr 36:17; Isa 47:6; Hos 13:16; Luke 19:44, Luke 21:23-24

the fruit Deut 28:33; Isa 1:7, Isa 62:8

which also Lev 26:26; Jer 15:13, Jer 17:3; Ezek 12:19; Hab 3:16-17

Lev 26:25; 2Kgs 17:1-6, 2Kgs 18:13, 2Kgs 24:10-11, 2Kgs 25:1-4; Isa 1:7, Isa 62:8; Jer 21:4-7, Jer 37:8, Jer 39:1-3, Jer 52:4-7; Ezek 4:1-8; Dan 9:26; Zech 12:2, Zech 14:2; Matt 22:7, Matt 24:15-16; Luke 19:43-44, Luke 21:20-24

the fruit Deut 28:18, Deut 28:55, Deut 28:57; Lev 26:29; 2Kgs 6:28-29; Jer 19:9; Lam 2:20, Lam 4:10; Ezek 5:10; Matt 24:19

body Heb. belly

his eye Deut 15:9; Prov 23:6, Prov 28:22; Matt 20:15

and toward 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!" Deut 13:6; 2Sam 12:3; Mic 7:5

his children Ps 103:13; Isa 49:15; Matt 7:9-11; Luke 11:11-13

in the siege Jer 5:10, Jer 34:2, Jer 52:6

and delicate Isa 3:16; Lam 4:3-6

her eye shall be evil Deut 28:54

young one Heb. after-birth

cometh out Gen 49:10; Isa 49:15

for she shall Deut 28:53

If thou wilt Deut 28:15; Lev 26:14-15; Jer 7:9-10, Jer 7:26-28

fear this glorious Deut 6:13; Exod 3:14-15, Exod 6:2-3, Exod 20:2, Exod 34:5-7; Neh 9:5; Ps 50:7, Ps 72:19, Ps 83:18; Isa 41:10, Isa 42:8; Jer 5:12; Matt 10:28; Heb 10:30-31, Heb 12:28-29

Deut 28:46, Deut 29:20-28, Deut 31:17-18, Deut 32:22, Deut 32:26; 1Kgs 9:7-9, 1Kgs 16:3-4; Lam 1:9, Lam 1:12; Lam 4:12; Dan 9:12; Hos 3:4; Mark 13:19

Deut 7:15; Exod 15:26

bring upon thee Heb. cause to ascend, Deut 28:61