Deuteronomy 28:1

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-19

Blessings upon the Obedient Deuteronomy 28:1-19 A remarkable chapter! The epitome of what Israel might have been, contrasted with what she became! It is on account of the transgressions that the centuries have augmented her sum of misery. Oh, that we may never have to lament what we might have been! These opening verses contain the Beatitudes of the Old Testament. They have their counterparts in the New. Remember that God bends over your life, rejoicing to do you good, and finding pleasure... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 28:1-68

We now come to the commencement of the third discourse of Moses. It was pre-eminently the uttering of solemn warnings in which he laid before the people the results of disobedience and rebellion. He spoke first, however, of the blessings which would follow obedience. They were to have national pre-eminence. Temporal blessings of all kinds would abound. They were to have victory over their enemies in time of war. The purpose of their King, Jehovah, it was plainly declared, was to fill them with... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

VIII. BLESSINGS AND CURSINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE COVENANT (Deuteronomy 28:1 to Deuteronomy 29:1 ). Chapter 28 Covenant Blessings and Cursings. It should be noted that verse 1 is not an invitation to enter into covenant. The offer of the covenant had already been made by Yahweh out of His lovingkindness, and had been accepted by Israel in Exodus 24:0, as confirmed in the last chapter, Deuteronomy 27:0. This is a promise and a warning subsequent to the covenant concerning the consequence of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Deuteronomy 28. Blessings and Curses.— This chapter is held by Kuenen, Dillmann, Driver, Addis, etc. to belong in the main to D ( Deuteronomy 28:12-Ezekiel : or Deuteronomy 28:5-Ezekiel :?). In favour of this conclusion note: ( a) Moses speaks in the first person as in Deuteronomy 28:5-Ezekiel :. ( b) It forms a fitting hortatory conclusion to Deuteronomy 28:12-Ezekiel : (or Deuteronomy 28:5-Ezekiel :); cf. Exodus 23:20-Micah :, and Leviticus 26:3-John :, which close the Book of the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 28:1

i.e. Advance and honour thee with divers privileges and blessings, as it here follows. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-68

CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses now enlarges and gives the blessings and curses in detail (cf. Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26:0.) The blessings are declared in fourteen verses; the curses require nearly four times as many. Thus here again the curse is the more conspicuous feature in the law Speak. Com. Obedience the condition of blessing and this is repeated at beginning (Deuteronomy 28:2) middle (29) and close (Deuteronomy 28:13-14) in positive and energetic form.Deuteronomy 28:1-6. Blessings actual... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Deuteronomy 28:1

if thou shalt hearken Chapters 28.-29. are, properly, an integral part of the Palestinian covenant, Deuteronomy 30:1-9. (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-68

Chapter 28Now as we come into chapter twenty-eight,It shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently [You see the condition. If you hearken diligently] unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and do all his commandments ( Deuteronomy 28:1 )You get this over and over again because this was the condition of the covenant. Whereby they could have this land and dwell there. This was the condition of God's blessing; it was the obedience to the commandments of God.that God will set thee... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 28:1-68

Deuteronomy 28:5 . Blessed shall be thy basket. The LXX read, thy barns and thy store. Deuteronomy 28:24 . The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust. Our oriental travellers say in succession, that when hurricanes happen in the sandy deserts, they carry the fine sands high in the air, and rain on cities and villages the dust, which penetrates every corner of the houses where the air has access. They often bury camels and asses in the deserts, and form ridges and hills... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1

Deu 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: Ver. 1. If thou shalt hearken diligently. ] Heb., If hearkening thou shalt hearken; if when God speaks once, thou shalt hear it twice; as David did, Psa 62:11 by a blessed rebound of meditation and practice. Will set thee on high. ] "Thou... read more

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