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Blessings on Obedience

1 “Now it shall come to pass, aif you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God bwill set you high above all nations of the earth.  
2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and aovertake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:  
3 a“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be bin the country.  
4 “Blessed shall be athe fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.  
5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
6 a“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.  
7 “The Lord awill cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.  
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Deuteronomy 28:1-14

A comparison of this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Lev. 26 will show how Moses here resumes and amplifies the promises and threats already set forth in the earlier records of the Law. The language rises in this chapter to the sublimest strains, especially in the latter part of it; and the prophecies respecting the dispersion and degradation of the Jewish nation in its later days are among the most remarkable in scripture. They are plain, precise, and circumstantial; and the fulfillment of them has been literal, complete, and undeniable.

The Blessing. The six repetitions of the word "blessed" introduce the particular forms which the blessing would take in the various relations of life.

Deuteronomy 28:5

The "basket" or bag was a customary means in the East for carrying about whatever might be needed for personal uses (compare Deuteronomy 26:2; John 13:29).

The "store" is rather the kneading-trough Exodus 8:3; Exodus 12:34. The blessings here promised relate, it will be observed, to private and personal life: in Deuteronomy 28:7 those which are of a more public and national character are brought forward.

Deuteronomy 28:9

The oath with which God vouchsafed to confirm His promises to the patriarchs (compare Genesis 22:16; Hebrews 6:13-14) contained by implication these gifts of holiness and eminence to Israel (compare the marginal references).




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Deuteronomy 28:2:

Isaiah 1:19

 

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