New American Standard Bible 1995
Deuteronomy 28:45
45“So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you 1until you are destroyed, because you would not 2obey the Lord your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.
Deuteronomy 28:45 in other versions
- King James Version (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:
- New International Version (NIV)All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"All these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you till you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.
Context of Deuteronomy 28:45
43The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower. 44He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you will be the tail. “So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the Lord your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. 46They shall become a sign and a wonder on you and your descendants forever. 47“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things;
Read all of Deuteronomy 28Deuteronomy 28:45 word by word
וּבָ֨אוּ עָלֶ֜יךָ כָּל־הַקְּלָל֣וֹת הָאֵ֗לֶּה וּרְדָפ֙וּךָ֙ וְהִשִּׂיג֔וּךָ עַ֖ד הִשָּֽׁמְדָ֑ךְ כִּי־לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ בְּקוֹל֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֛ר מִצְוֹתָ֥יו וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
- So allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
- cursesקְלָלָהqelâlâh · curseH7045
- shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- on you and pursueרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
- you and overtakeנָשַׂגnâώag · to overtakeH5381
- untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
- you are destroyedשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
- becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
- obeyשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
- obeyקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- by keepingשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- His commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
- and His statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
- whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- He commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:45
- Deuteronomy 28:5“Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
- Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord shall never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.
- Leviticus 26:28then I will act with wrathful hostility against you, and I, even I, will punish you seven times for your sins.
- 2 Kings 17:20The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.
- Proverbs 13:21Adversity pursues sinners, But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword.” Truly, the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
- Isaiah 65:14Behold, My servants will shout joyfully with a glad heart, But you will cry out with a heavy heart, And you will wail with a broken spirit.
- Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them.
- Lamentations 2:15All who pass along the way Clap their hands in derision at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem, “Is this the city of which they said, ‘The perfection of beauty, A joy to all the earth’?”
- Ezekiel 7:15The sword is outside and the plague and the famine are within. He who is in the field will die by the sword; famine and the plague will also consume those in the city.
- Ezekiel 14:21For thus says the Lord God, “How much more when I send My four severe judgments against Jerusalem: sword, famine, wild beasts and plague to cut off man and beast from it!
- Deuteronomy 11:27the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today;
- Psalms 119:21You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who wander from Your commandments.
- Jeremiah 7:22For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:45
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-68Verses 15-68 The curses correspond in form and number Deuteronomy 28:15-19 to the blessings Deuteronomy 28:3-6, and the special modes in which these threats should be executed are described in five groups of denunciations Deuteronomy 28:20-26 First series of judgments. The curse of God should rest on all they did, and should issue in manifold forms of disease, in famine, and in defeat in war. Deuteronomy 28:20 Vexation - Rather, confusion: the word in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 45-68Verses 45-68 If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries his curse can bring upon mankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows to those under the curse of God. What then will be the misery of that world where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched! Observe what is here said of the wrath of God, which should come and remain upon the Israelites for their sins. It is amazing to think that a people so long the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-68This section explains the conditions for receiving the covenant blessing, the types of blessings, and the curses that will occur if people ignore or disobey these rules (28:1–14; 28:15–68).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-681. if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God--In this chapter the blessings and curses are enumerated at length, and in various minute details, so that on the first entrance of the Israelites into the land of promise, their whole destiny was laid before them, as it was to result from their obedience or the contrary.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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