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Themes in Deuteronomy 28

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Themes in Deuteronomy 28

Deuteronomy 28:1 (show verse)

"And it will happen [that] if you indeed listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, {to diligently observe} all his commandments that I [am] commanding you {today}, then Yahweh your God will set you above all the nations of the earth.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Exaltation » Of israel » Exalted to a high position when obedient a type of the true church
Exaltation » Israel » Exalted to a high position when obedient a type of the true church
Israel » Called to separation » Exalted to a high position
Israel » Defence of in battle » Exaltation
the Law of moses » Divided into » A covenant of works to the jews as a nation
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid

Deuteronomy 28:2 (show verse)

And all of these blessings shall come upon you, and {they shall have an effect on you} if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God:

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid

Deuteronomy 28:3 (show verse)

"You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid

Deuteronomy 28:4 (show verse)

"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}.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Oxen » Increase of, promised
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid

Deuteronomy 28:5 (show verse)

"Blessed will be your basket and your kneading trough.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid

Deuteronomy 28:6 (show verse)

"Blessed will you be {when you come in and blessed will you be when you go out}.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid

Deuteronomy 28:7 (show verse)

"Yahweh will cause your enemies {who rise up against you to be defeated before you}; on one road they shall come out [against] you, but on seven roads they shall flee {before you}.

Ancient heroes » Battle of Life » When obedient were invincible
Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid
Saints » Carnal » When obedient were invincible

Deuteronomy 28:8 (show verse)

Yahweh will command {concerning you} the blessing [to be] in your barns and {in all your endeavors}; and he will bless you in the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid

Deuteronomy 28:9 (show verse)

Yahweh will establish you for {himself} as a holy people as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of Yahweh your God and you walk in his ways.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid
Walking » With God » In his ways

Deuteronomy 28:10 (show verse)

And all of the peoples of the earth shall see that {by the name of Yahweh you are called}, and {they shall fear you}.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid

Deuteronomy 28:11 (show verse)

And {Yahweh will make you successful and prosperous}, in the fruit of your womb and on the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors to give to you.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid

Deuteronomy 28:12 (show verse)

Yahweh shall open for you his {rich} storehouse, [even] the heavens, to give the rain for your land in its time and to bless all of the work of your hand, and you will lend to many nations; you will not borrow [from them].

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid

Deuteronomy 28:13 (show verse)

And Yahweh shall make you as head and not the tail, and you shall be only at the top [of the nations], and you shall not be at the bottom, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God that I [am] commanding you {today} {and diligently observe them}.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Exaltation » Of israel » Exalted to a high position when obedient a type of the true church
Exaltation » Israel » Exalted to a high position when obedient a type of the true church
Israel » Called to separation » Exalted to a high position
Israel » Defence of in battle » Exaltation
Obedience to God » Blessedness of
Rebellion against God » Promises to those who avoid

Deuteronomy 28:14 (show verse)

And you [shall] not turn aside from {any of} the words that I [am] commanding you {today} [to the] right or left by going after other gods to serve them.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law
Obedience to God » Should be » Undeviating
Service » What not to serve

Deuteronomy 28:15 (show verse)

"{And then} if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God {by diligently observing} all of his commandments and his statutes that I [am] commanding you {today}, then all of these curses shall come upon you, and they shall overtake you:

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Threatened with reprobation
Israel » Kings of judah » Reprobation of
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
the Law of moses » Divided into » A covenant of works to the jews as a nation
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Reprobation » Israel-the jews, threatened with reprobation
Sanitation » Penalties concerning

Deuteronomy 28:16 (show verse)

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

Deuteronomy 28:17 (show verse)

"Your basket [shall] be cursed and your kneading trough.

Deuteronomy 28:18 (show verse)

"The fruit of your womb [shall] be cursed and the fruit of you ground, the calves of your cattle and the lambs of your flock.

Deuteronomy 28:19 (show verse)

"You shall be cursed {when you come in}, and you [shall] be cursed {when you go out}.

Deuteronomy 28:20 (show verse)

"Yahweh will send upon you the curse, the panic, and the threat {in everything that you undertake}, {until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly} {because of} the evil of your deeds in that you have forsaken me.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Forsaking God » Examples of
Forsaking God » Punishment of
Forsaking God » The wicked guilty of
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon

Deuteronomy 28:21 (show verse)

Yahweh will cause the plague to cling to you {until it consumes you} from the land that you [are] going to, to take possession of it.

Diseases » Often sent as punishment
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Judgments » Different kinds of » Pestilence
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Sanitation » Penalties concerning

Deuteronomy 28:22 (show verse)

Yahweh will afflict you with the wasting diseases and with the fever and with the inflammation and with the scorching heat and with the sword and with the blight and with the mildew, and they shall pursue you {until you perish}.

Agriculture » Foes of » Blasting of crops
Blasting » Blasting of crops
Blasting » Sent as a judgment
Disease » Instances of » Threatened as judgments
Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Fever
Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Consumption
Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Consumption
Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Fever
Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Inflammation
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Judgments » Different kinds of » Pestilence
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Sanitation » Penalties concerning

Deuteronomy 28:23 (show verse)

And your heavens that [are] over your heads shall be [like] bronze, and the earth that [is] under you [shall be like] iron.

Brass » Illustrative of » Extreme drought
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Drought » Sent by God as a judgment
the Earth » Made barren by sin
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Iron » Illustrative » Of a hard barren soil
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:24 (show verse)

Yahweh will change the rain of your land [to] fine dust and [to] sand; from the heaven it shall come down upon you {until you are destroyed}.

Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Clouds of sand and dust
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Drought » General reference to
Drought » Sent by God as a judgment
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Meteorology » Drought, general references to
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Rain » Withheld as judgment

Deuteronomy 28:25 (show verse)

"Yahweh shall cause you to be defeated {before} your enemies; on one road you shall go {against} them, but you will flee on seven roads {before} them, and you shall become a thing of horror to all of the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:26 (show verse)

And your dead bodies shall be as food for all of the birds of the heaven and to the animals of the earth, and there shall not be {anyone to frighten them away}.

Animals » Sent in judgment
Birds » Many kinds of, carnivorous
dead Bodies » Unburied, a mark of disgrace
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:27 (show verse)

"Yahweh shall afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scurvy and with {the skin rash that cannot be healed}.

Boil » Plague of egyptians
Disease » Instances of » Threatened as judgments
Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Emerods
Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Emerods
Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Itch
Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Itch
Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Scab
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Egypt » Subject to plague, &c
Hemorrhoids » Disease » Afflicted » Philistines
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Sanitation » Penalties concerning
Scab » Disease of the skin
Sickness » Often incurable by human means
Skin » Diseases of

Deuteronomy 28:28 (show verse)

Yahweh shall afflict you with madness and with blindness and with confusion of heart.

Blindness » Sent as a judgment
Disease » Instances of » Threatened as judgments
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Insanity » Sent as a judgment from God
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:29 (show verse)

And you shall be groping at noon just as the blind person gropes in the dark, and you shall not succeed [in finding] your way, and you shall only be abused and robbed {all the time}, and there will not be {anyone who will rescue you}.

Deuteronomy 28:30 (show verse)

You shall become engaged to a woman, but another man shall sleep with her; you shall build a house, but you shall not live in it; a vineyard you shall plant, but you shall not enjoy it.

Deuteronomy 28:31 (show verse)

Your ox [shall] [be] slaughtered before your eyes, and you shall not eat it; your donkey [shall be] stolen [right] {before you}, and it shall not be returned to you; your sheep and your goats [shall] be given to your enemies, and {there shall not be anyone who rescues you}.

Adversity » Sometimes the result of sin and folly
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:32 (show verse)

Your sons and your daughters [shall be] given to other people, and {you will be looking on} {longingly} for them all day, {but you will be powerless to do anything}.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Powerlessness » Of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Israel could not stand before their enemies
human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Israel could not stand before their enemies

Deuteronomy 28:33 (show verse)

A people that you do not know shall consume the harvest of your land and all your labor, and you will be only oppressed and crushed {for the rest of your lives}.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Famine » Caused by » Devastation by enemies
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Seed » The jews punished by » Its increase being consumed by enemies

Deuteronomy 28:34 (show verse)

You shall become mad {because of what your eyes shall see}.

Despair » General references to
Despair » Produced in the wicked by divine judgments
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:35 (show verse)

Yahweh shall strike you with grievous boils on the knees and on the upper thighs [from which] {you will not be able to be healed}, from the sole of your foot and up to your crown.

Boil » Plague of egyptians
Disease » Instances of » Threatened as judgments
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Sanitation » Penalties concerning

Deuteronomy 28:36 (show verse)

Yahweh will bring you and your king whom you set up over you to a nation that you or your ancestors have not known, and there you will serve other gods [of] wood and stone.

Captivity » Of the israelites foretold
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Israel » Captivity of » Foretold
Jews, the » Captivity of » Foretold
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Stones » Idols made of

Deuteronomy 28:37 (show verse)

And you will become a horror and a proverb and ridicule among all the peoples where Yahweh drives you there.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Became a by-word to neighbouring nations
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:38 (show verse)

"You shall carry out much seed to the field, but you shall gather little [produce], for the locust shall devour it.

Agriculture » Foes of » Locusts
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Famine » Caused by » Swarms of insects
Fruits » Often destroyed » By locusts, &c
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Judgments » Different kinds of » Famine
Locusts » Devastation by
Locusts » The jews » Threatened with, as a punishment for sin
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Seed » The jews punished by » Its increase being consumed by locusts, &c

Deuteronomy 28:39 (show verse)

You shall plant vineyards and you shall dress [them], but you shall not drink wine and you shall not gather grapes, for the worm shall eat it.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Fruits » Often destroyed » By locusts, &c
Grape » Cultivation of
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Judgments » Different kinds of » Famine
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Vineyards » The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c

Deuteronomy 28:40 (show verse)

There shall be olive trees for you in all of your territory, but you shall not anoint [yourself], for your olives shall drop off.

Anointing » Of the body
Anointing » Deprivation of, threatened as a punishment
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Judgments » Different kinds of » Famine
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Olive » Israelites commanded to cultivate in the land of promise
Olive Trees » Often cast its fruit

Deuteronomy 28:41 (show verse)

You shall bear sons and daughters, but they shall not be {yours}, for they shall go into captivity.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Judgments » Different kinds of » Captivity
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:42 (show verse)

The cricket shall take possession of all your trees and the fruit of your ground.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Famine » Caused by » Swarms of insects
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Locusts » The jews » Threatened with, as a punishment for sin
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:43 (show verse)

The alien that [is] in your midst shall ascend over you, higher [and] higher, but you shall go down lower [and] lower.

Deuteronomy 28:44 (show verse)

He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be [the] head, but you shall be [the] tail.

Deuteronomy 28:45 (show verse)

"And all of these curses shall come over you, and they shall pursue you, and they shall overtake you {until you are destroyed}, because {you did not listen} to the voice of Yahweh your God, {by observing} his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you.

Deuteronomy 28:46 (show verse)

And they shall be among you as a sign and as a wonder and among your offspring {forever}.

Deuteronomy 28:47 (show verse)

"{Because} [of the fact] that you did not serve Yahweh your God with joy and with gladness of heart for the abundance of everything,

Deuteronomy 28:48 (show verse)

then you shall serve your enemies, whom Yahweh will send against you [under conditions of] famine, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of everything; and he shall place a yoke of iron on your neck {until he has destroyed you}.

Adversity » Sometimes the result of sin and folly
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Iron » Made into » Yokes
Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Yokes
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Service » The reward for not serving the lord

Deuteronomy 28:49 (show verse)

Yahweh will raise [up] against you a nation from far [off], from the end of the earth, [attacking] as the eagle swoops [down], {a nation whose language you will not understand},

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Eagle » The swift flight of
Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Jews, the » Their country trodden under foot by the gentiles
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Language » Interpretation of » The jews punished by being given up to people of a strange
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:50 (show verse)

{a grim-faced nation} {who does not show respect} to [the] old and [the] young [and] does not show pity.

Chosen Instruments » Of judgment
Countenance » Fierce
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Jews, the » Their country trodden under foot by the gentiles
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
The Nation » Imprisonment mutilations » Instruments of judgment sent against sinful nation

Deuteronomy 28:51 (show verse)

And it shall consume the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your ground {until you are destroyed}, [and] who will not leave for you [any] grain, wine, and olive oil, {calves of your herds}, and {lambs of} your flock {until it has destroyed you}.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Famine » Caused by » Devastation by enemies
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Jews, the » Their country trodden under foot by the gentiles
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Seed » The jews punished by » Its increase being consumed by enemies

Deuteronomy 28:52 (show verse)

And it shall besiege you in all your towns {until your high and fortified walls fall}, which you [are] trusting in {throughout your land}; and it shall besiege you in all of your towns in all of your land that Yahweh your God has given to you.

Cities » Were frequently » Besieged
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Jews, the » Their country trodden under foot by the gentiles
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Sieges » Threatened as a punishment
Walls » Of cities » Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief

Deuteronomy 28:53 (show verse)

And you shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, whom Yahweh your God gave to you, {during the siege and during the distress} your enemy inflicts upon you.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Famine » Threatened as the result of sin
Famine » Described
Famine » Cannibalism in
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » Cannibalism among the people of israel

Deuteronomy 28:54 (show verse)

The most refined and the very sensitive man among you {shall be mean with his brother} and {against his beloved wife} and against the rest of his children that he has left over,

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Evil » Doers » Eye
Famine » Described
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:55 (show verse)

{by refraining from giving} to [even] one of them any of the meat of his children that he eats, because [there is] not anything [that is] left over for him {during the siege and distress} that your enemy inflicts upon you.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Famine » Described
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:56 (show verse)

The most refined and the [most] delicate [woman] among you, who shall not venture to put the sole of her foot on the ground from being [so] delicate and from [such] gentleness, {shall be mean to her beloved husband} and against her son and against her daughter,

Deuteronomy 28:57 (show verse)

and [even] concerning her afterbirth {that goes out} from between her feet and [also] concerning her children that she bears, because she eats them for lack of anything in secret {during the siege and during the distress} that your enemy inflicts upon her in your {towns}.

Deuteronomy 28:58 (show verse)

"If {you do not diligently observe} all the words of this law written in this scroll by revering this glorious and awesome name, Yahweh your God,

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Glory » Of God » Exhibited in his name
God, Glory of » Exhibited in » His name
God » Mercy of » Name of, reverenced
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Name » Of the lord to be reverenced
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Plague » Who will be plagued
Reverence » For religious leaders for word of God » For God's name

Deuteronomy 28:59 (show verse)

then Yahweh shall overwhelm [you] with your plagues and the plagues of your offspring, severe plagues and lasting illnesses, grievous and enduring.

Diseases » Frequently » Tedious
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
God's Judgments » Plagues » General references to
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Plague » Who will be plagued
Plague » Denounced as a judgment
Sanitation » Penalties concerning
Sickness » Sent by God

Deuteronomy 28:60 (show verse)

And he shall bring back upon you all the diseases of Egypt [concerning] which {you were in dread} {because of them}.

Diseases » Frequently » Complicated
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Egypt » Subject to plague, &c
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Plague » Who will be plagued
Sanitation » Penalties concerning
Sickness » Sent by God

Deuteronomy 28:61 (show verse)

Also any illness and any plague that [is] not written in the scroll of this law, he shall bring them, Yahweh, upon you until you are destroyed.

Disease » Sent as a judgment » Sometimes sent as a judgment for sin
Diseases » Frequently » Complicated
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Plague » Who will be plagued
Sanitation » Penalties concerning
Sickness » Sometimes sent as a judgment for sin
Sickness » Sent by God
Sin » Secret » Sickness caused by

Deuteronomy 28:62 (show verse)

And you shall remain {only a few people} in place of [the fact] you were [formerly] as the stars of heaven as far as number [is concerned], because you did not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

Deuteronomy 28:63 (show verse)

{And then} as Yahweh delighted over you {to make you prosperous} to make you numerous, so Yahweh shall delight over you to exterminate you and to destroy you, and [so] you shall be plucked from the land that you [are] going there to take possession of it.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Joy » Attributed to God
the Joy of God over his people » Leads him to » Do them good
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:64 (show verse)

And Yahweh shall scatter you among all the nations from [one] end of the earth up to the [other] end of the earth, and there you shall serve other gods that you have not known nor your ancestors, [gods of] wood and stone.

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Idolatry » Obstinate sinners judicially given up to
Jews, the » Scattered among the nations
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
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Deuteronomy 28:65 (show verse)

And among these nations you shall not find rest, and [there] shall not be a resting place for the sole of your foot, and Yahweh shall give you there an anxious heart and a weakening of eyes and a languishing of [your] inner self.

Deuteronomy 28:66 (show verse)

And {your life shall hang in doubt before you}, and you shall be startled night and day, and you shall not be confident of your life.

Deuteronomy 28:67 (show verse)

In the morning you shall say, '{If only it was evening}!' and in the evening you shall say '{If only it was morning}!' because of the dread of your heart that you shall feel, and because of the sight of your eyes that you shall see.

Despair » Produced in the wicked by divine judgments
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Evening » Called » Even
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Sin » Internal » Misery of
Sinners » Disowned » Misery of
Sins » Increment » Misery
The wicked » Guilt of » Misery of

Deuteronomy 28:68 (show verse)

And Yahweh shall bring you back [to] Egypt in ships by the route that I {promised} to you [that] '{You shall not see it again}!' And you shall sell yourself there to your enemies as slaves and as female slaves, but there will not be a buyer."

Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Servant » Bond » Bought and sold
Servant » Bond » Bond service threatened, as a national punishment, for the disobedience of israel