Deuteronomy 28:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

The fruit of thy body

Thy land

Deuteronomy 28:16

Leviticus 26:19

Habakkuk 3:17

General references

Genesis 4:11

Malachi 3:9

Bible References

The fruit of thy body

"Blessed will be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your livestock, {the calf of your cattle and the lambs of your flock}.

'You shall not bow down to them, and you shall not serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, [am] a jealous God, punishing the guilt of fathers upon [their] children and upon [the] third and upon [the] fourth generation of [those] hating me,

His roots dry up {below}, and its branches wither away above.

Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow,

My eyes have {spent all their tears}; {my stomach} is in torment, {my heart} is poured out on the earth because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because child and babe faint in [the] public squares of a city.

Ephraim's glory [is] like a bird; it will fly away-- no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.

Look! I [am] going to rebuke {your offspring}, and I will scatter offal on your faces, [the] offal of your religious feasts, and you will be carried to it.

For behold, days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and [the] breasts that did not nurse!'

Thy land

"You [shall] be cursed in the city, and [you shall] be cursed in the field.

And I will break the pride of your strength; and I will make your heaven like iron and your land like copper.

Though the fig tree [does] not blossom, nor there be fruit on the vines; the yield of [the] olive tree fails, and the cultivated fields do not yield food; [the] flock is cut off from the animal pen, and there is no cattle in the stalls,

General references

So now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand.

You [are] being cursed with curse, for you [are] robbing me, the whole nation [of you]!