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Deuteronomy 28:17
17Your fruit baskets and breadboards will be cursed.
Deuteronomy 28:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
- New International Version (NIV)Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
Context of Deuteronomy 28:17
15“But if you refuse to listen to the Lord your God and do not obey all the commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overwhelm you: 16Your towns and your fields will be cursed. Your fruit baskets and breadboards will be cursed. 18Your children and your crops will be cursed. The offspring of your herds and flocks will be cursed. 19Wherever you go and whatever you do, you will be cursed.
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אָר֥וּר טַנְאֲךָ֖ וּמִשְׁאַרְתֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:17
- Deuteronomy 28:5Your fruit baskets and breadboards will be blessed.
- Psalms 69:22Let the bountiful table set before them become a snare and their prosperity become a trap.
- Proverbs 1:32For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.
- Haggai 1:6You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!
- Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, “This scroll contains the curse that is going out over the entire land. One side of the scroll says that those who steal will be banished from the land; the other side says that those who swear falsely will be banished from the land.
- Malachi 2:2Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.
- Luke 16:25“But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:17
- 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. 15-44Verses 15-44 If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which includes all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Observe the justice of this curse. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. The extent and power of this curse. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows; wherever he is, it rests upon him. Whatever he has is under a curse. All his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17If Israel disobeyed the commands of the covenant, they could expect God to judge them. One form of judgment would be empty fields and failed crops (compare 28:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2015-20. But ... if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord--Curses that were to follow them in the event of disobedience are now enumerated, and they are almost exact counterparts of the blessings which were described in the preceding context as the reward of a faithful adherence to the covenant.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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