Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Deuteronomy Chapter 28
Overview
Deu 28:1, The blessings for obedience; Deu 28:15, The curses for disobedience.
If thou shalt: Deu 11:13, Deu 15:5, Deu 27:1; Exo 15:26; Lev 26:3-13; Psa 106:3, Psa 111:10; Isa 1:19; Isa 3:10, Isa 55:2, Isa 55:3; Jer 11:4, Jer 12:16, Jer 17:24; Luk 11:28
to do all: Psa 119:6, Psa 119:128; Luk 1:6; Joh 15:14; Gal 3:10; Jam 2:10, Jam 2:11
will set: Deu 26:19; Psa 91:14, Psa 148:14; Luk 9:48; Rom 2:7
come on thee: Deu 28:15, Deu 28:45; Zac 1:6; Ti1 4:8
in the city: Psa 107:36, Psa 107:37, Psa 128:1-5, Psa 144:12-15; Isa 65:21-23; Zac 8:3-5
in the field: Gen 26:12, Gen 39:5; Amo 9:13, Amo 9:14; Hag 2:19; Mal 3:10, Mal 3:11
Deu 28:11, Deu 7:13; Gen 22:17, Gen 49:25; Lev 26:9; Psa 107:38, Psa 127:3, Psa 128:3; Pro 10:22; Pro 13:22, Pro 20:7; Ti1 4:8
thy basket: By basket, may be understood the olive-gathering and vintage, in which it was employed; and by the store or remainder, all laid up for future use, or prepared for present consumption.
store: or, dough, or kneading troughs, Deu 28:5
Deu 31:2; Num 27:17; Sa2 3:25; Ch2 1:10; Psa 121:8
shall cause: Deu 28:25, Deu 32:30; Lev 26:7, Lev 26:8; Sa2 22:38-41; Psa 89:23
flee before: Jos 8:22, Jos 10:10, Jos 10:11, Jos 10:42; Sa1 7:3, Sa1 7:4, Sa1 7:10, Sa1 7:11; Ch2 14:2-6, Ch2 14:9-15, Ch2 19:4; Ch2 20:22-25, Ch2 31:20, Ch2 31:21, Ch2 32:21, Ch2 32:22
command: Lev 25:21; Psa 42:8, Psa 44:4, Psa 133:3
storehouses: or, barns, Lev 26:4, Lev 26:5, Lev 26:10; Kg2 6:27; Psa 144:13; Pro 3:9, Pro 3:10; Hag 2:19; Mal 3:10, Mal 3:11; Mat 6:26, Mat 13:30; Luk 12:18, Luk 12:24, Luk 12:25
settest: Deu 15:10
establish: Deu 7:6, Deu 26:18, Deu 26:19, Deu 29:13; Gen 17:7; Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Psa 87:5; Isa 1:26, Isa 62:12; Th2 3:3; Tit 2:14; Pe1 2:9-11, Pe1 5:10
sworn: Deu 7:8, Deu 13:17, Deu 29:12; Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Jer 11:5; Heb 6:13-18
And all: Mal 3:12
called: Num 6:27; Ch2 7:14; Isa 63:19; Dan 9:18, Dan 9:19
and they shall: Deu 4:6-8, Deu 11:25; Exo 12:33, Exo 14:25; Jos 5:1; Sa1 18:12-15, Sa1 18:28, Sa1 18:29; Ch1 14:17; Jer 33:9; Rev 3:9
plenteous: Deu 28:4, Deu 30:9; Lev 26:9; Pro 10:22
in goods: or, for good
body: Heb. belly, Job 19:17; Psa 132:11 *marg.
open: Deu 11:14; Lev 26:4; Job 38:22; Psa 65:9-13, Psa 135:7; Joe 2:23, Joe 2:24
to bless all: Deu 14:29, Deu 15:10
lend: Deu 28:44, Deu 15:6; Pro 22:7
the head: Num 24:18, Num 24:19; Isa 9:14, Isa 9:15
if that thou: Deu 28:1, Deu 4:6-9; Phi 1:27
thou shalt: Deu 5:32, Deu 11:16, Deu 11:26-28; Jos 23:6; Kg2 22:2; Pro 4:26, Pro 4:27
the right: Isa 30:21
if thou wilt: Lev. 26:14-46; Lam 2:17; Dan 9:11-13; Mal 2:2; Rom 2:8, Rom 2:9
all these curses: The same variety of expression is used in these terrible curses, as in the preceding blessings, to intimate every kind of prosperity or adversity, personal, relative, and public. Consulting the marginal references will generally lead to the best exposition of the terms employed; and will frequently point out the fulfilment of the promises and threatenings. Deu 28:2, Deu 27:15-26, Deu 29:20; Isa 3:11; Gal 3:10
in the city: Deu 28:3-14; Pro 3:33; Isa 24:6-12, Isa 43:28; Jer 9:11, Jer 26:6, Jer 44:22; Lam 1:1; Lam 2:11-22, Lam 4:1-13; Mal 2:2, Mal 4:6
in the field: Deu 28:55; Gen 3:17, Gen 3:18, Gen 4:11, Gen 4:12, Gen 5:29, Gen 8:21, Gen 8:22; Kg1 17:1, Kg1 17:5, Kg1 17:12; Jer 14:2-5, Jer 14:18; Lam 5:10; Joe 1:4, Joe 1:8-18, Joe 2:3; Amo 4:6-9; Hag 1:9-11; Hag 2:16, Hag 2:17; Mal 3:9-12
Deu 28:5; Psa 69:22; Pro 1:32; Hag 1:6; Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4; Mal 2:2; Luk 16:25
the fruit of thy body: Deu 28:4, Deu 5:9; Job 18:16-19; Psa 109:9-15; Lam 2:11, Lam 2:12, Lam 2:20; Hos 9:11-14; Mal 2:3; Luk 23:29, Luk 23:30
thy land: Deu 28:16; Lev 26:19, Lev 26:20, Lev 26:26; Hab 3:17
Deu 28:6; Jdg 5:6, Jdg 5:7; Ch2 15:5
vexation: Sa1 14:20; Psa 80:4-16; Isa 28:19, Isa 30:17, Isa 51:20, Isa 66:15; Zac 14:12, Zac 14:13; Joh 3:36; Th1 2:16
for to do: Heb. which thou wouldest do
until thou be: Deu 4:26; Lev 26:31-33, Lev 26:38; Jos 23:16
Exo 5:3; Lev 26:25; Num 14:12, Num 16:46-49, Num 25:9; Sa2 24:15; Jer 15:2, Jer 16:4; Jer 21:6, Jer 21:7, Jer 24:10; Mat 26:7
a consumption: Lev 26:16; Ch2 6:28; Jer 14:12
sword: or, drought
blasting: Kg1 8:37; Amo 4:9; Hag 2:17
The language here is remarkable: "Thy heaven;" that part of the atmosphere which was over Judea, instead of being replenished with aqueous vapours, should become, with respect to moisture, like brass, and consequently their land would become as hard as iron, and wholly incapable of cultivation; while the clouds might give showers in abundance, and the earth be moist and fruitful in other regions.
Lev 26:19; Kg1 17:1, Kg1 18:2; Jer 14:1-6; Amo 4:7
make the rain: This was a natural consequence of their heaven's being brass, or yielding no rain; for the surface of the earth being reduced to powder, and frequently taken up by strong winds, would fall down in showers instead of rain. These showers of sand frequently, in the East, bury whole caravans. Deu 28:12; Gen 19:24; Job 18:15-21; Isa 5:24; Amo 4:11
cause thee: Deu 28:7, Deu 32:30; Lev 26:17, Lev 26:36, Lev 26:37; Isa 30:17
removed: Heb. for a removing, Jer 15:2-9, Jer 24:9, Jer 29:18, Jer 34:17; Eze 23:46; Luk 21:24
Sa1 17:44-46; Psa 79:1-3; Isa 34:3; Jer 7:33, Jer 8:1, Jer 16:4, Jer 19:7, Jer 34:20; Eze 39:17-20
the botch: Deu 28:35; Exo 9:9, Exo 9:11, Exo 15:26
emerods: Sa1 5:6, Sa1 5:9, Sa1 5:12; Psa 78:66
scab: Lev 13:2-8, Lev 21:20; Isa 3:17
Sa1 16:14; Psa 60:3; Isa 6:9, Isa 6:10, Isa 19:11-17, Isa 43:19; Jer 4:9; Eze 4:17; Luk 21:25, Luk 21:26; Act 13:41; Th2 2:9-11
grope: Job 5:14, Job 12:25; Psa 69:23, Psa 69:24; Isa 59:10; Lam 5:17; Zep 1:17; Rom 11:7-10, Rom 11:25; Co2 4:3, Co2 4:4
thou shalt be: Jdg 3:14, Jdg 4:2, Jdg 4:3, Jdg 6:1-6, Jdg 10:8, Jdg 13:1; Sa1 13:5-7, Sa1 13:19-22; Neh 9:26-29, Neh 9:37; Psa 106:40-42; Lam 5:8; Act 21:24
betroth: Deu 20:6, Deu 20:7; Job 31:10; Jer 8:10; Hos 4:2
build: Job 3:18; Isa 5:9, Isa 5:10, Isa 65:21, Isa 65:22; Jer 12:13; Lam 5:2; Amo 5:11; Mic 6:15; Zep 1:13
gather: Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat, Deu 20:6 *marg.
ox: Jdg 6:1; Job 1:14, Job 1:15
be restored to thee: Heb. return to thee
sons: In several countries, particularly in Spain and Portugal, the children of the Jews have been taken from them, by order of the government, to be educated in the Popish faith. Deu 28:18, Deu 28:41; Num 21:29; Ch2 29:9; Neh 5:2-5; Jer 15:7-9, Jer 16:2-4; Eze 24:25; Joe 3:6; Amo 5:27; Mic 4:10
fail: Deu 28:65; Job 11:20, Job 17:5; Psa 69:3, Psa 119:82, Psa 119:123; Isa 38:14; Lam 2:11, Lam 4:17; Lam 5:17
The fruit: Deu 28:30, Deu 28:51; Lev 26:16; Neh 9:36, Neh 9:37; Isa 1:7; Jer 5:17, Jer 8:16
thou shalt be: Deu 28:29; Jer 4:17
Deu 28:28, Deu 28:68; Isa 33:14; Jer 25:15, Jer 25:16; Rev 16:10, Rev 16:11
botch: Deu 28:27; Job 2:6, Job 2:7; Isa 1:6, Isa 3:17, Isa 3:24
bring thee: Kg2 17:4-6, Kg2 24:12-15, Kg2 25:6, Kg2 25:7, Kg2 25:11; Ch2 33:11, Ch2 36:6, Ch2 36:17, Ch2 36:20; Isa 39:7; Jer 22:11, Jer 22:12, Jer 22:24-27, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 39:5-7, Jer 52:8-11; Lam 4:20; Eze 12:12, Eze 12:13
there shalt thou: The Israelites, who were carried captive by the Assyrians, and many of the Jews in Chaldea, were finally incorporated with the nations among whom they lived, and were given up to their idolatry. It is probable, however, that this refers to Jews being compelled, in Popish countries, to conceal their religion, and profess that of the Romish church Deu 28:64, Deu 4:28; Jer 16:13; Eze 20:32, Eze 20:33, Eze 20:39
become: Deu 28:28, Deu 29:22-28; Kg1 9:7, Kg1 9:8; Ch2 7:20; Psa 44:13, Psa 44:14; Jer 24:9, Jer 25:9; Joe 2:17 *marg. Zac 8:13
a proverb: The name of Jew has long been a proverbial mark of detestation and contempt among all the nations whither they have been dispersed, and is so to this day, whether among Christians, Mohmammedans, or Pagans.
shalt carry: Isa 5:10; Mic 6:15; Hag 1:6
for the locust: Exo 10:14, Exo 10:15; Joe 1:4, Joe 2:3, Joe 2:25; Amo 4:9, Amo 7:1, Amo 7:2
for the worms: Joe 1:4-7, Joe 2:2-4; Jon 4:7
anoint thyself: Psa 23:5, Psa 104:15; Mic 6:15
thou shalt not enjoy them: Heb. they shall not be thine, for. Deu 28:32; Kg2 24:14; Lam 1:5
thy trees: Deu 28:38, Deu 28:39; Amo 7:1, Amo 7:2
consume: or, possess
Jdg 2:3, Jdg 2:11-15, Jdg 4:2, Jdg 4:3, Jdg 10:7-10, Jdg 14:4, Jdg 15:11, Jdg 15:12; Sa1 13:3-7, Sa1 13:19-23; Kg2 17:20, Kg2 17:23, Kg2 24:14-16; Joh 18:31, Joh 19:15
Moreover: Deu 28:5, Deu 28:15, Deu 29:20, Deu 29:21; Lev 26:28; Kg2 17:20; Pro 13:21; Isa 1:20, Isa 65:14, Isa 65:15; Jer 24:9, Jer 24:10; Lam 2:15-17; Eze 7:15, Eze 14:21
because: Deu 11:27, Deu 11:28; Psa 119:21; Jer 7:22-25
a sign: Deu 28:37, Deu 28:59, Deu 29:20, Deu 29:28; Isa 8:18; Jer 19:8, Jer 25:18; Eze 14:8, Eze 23:32, Eze 23:33; Eze 36:20; Co1 10:11
Deu 12:7-12, Deu 16:11, Deu 32:13-15; Neh 9:35; Ti1 6:17-19
serve: Ch2 12:8; Neh 9:35-37; Jer 5:19, Jer 17:4; Eze 17:3, Eze 17:7, Eze 17:12
in hunger: Jer 44:17, Jer 44:18, Jer 44:22, Jer 44:27; Lam 5:2-6; Eze 4:16, Eze 4:17
a yoke: Isa 47:6; Jer 27:12, Jer 27:13, Jer 28:13, Jer 28:14; Mat 11:29
bring a nation: Though the Chaldeans are frequently described under the figure of an eagle, yet these verses especially predict the desolations brought on the Jews by the Romans; who came from a country far more distant than Chaldea; whose conquests were as rapid as the eagle's flight, and whose standard bore this very figure; who spake a language to which the Jews were then entire strangers, being wholly unlike the Hebrew, of which the Chaldee was merely a dialect; whose appearance and victories were terrible; and whose yoke was a yoke of iron; and the havoc which they made tremendous. Num 24:24; Isa 5:26-30; Jer 5:15-17; Dan 6:22, Dan 6:23, Dan 9:26; Hab 1:6, Hab 1:7; Luk 19:43, Luk 19:44
as the eagle: Jer 4:13, Jer 48:40, Jer 49:22; Lam 4:19; Eze 17:3, Eze 17:12; Hos 8:1; Mat 24:28
a nation whose: Jer 5:15; Eze 3:6; Co1 14:21
understand: Heb. hear
of fierce countenance: Heb. strong of face, Pro 7:13; Ecc 8:1 *marg. Dan 7:7, Dan 8:23
shall not: Ch2 36:17; Isa 47:6; Hos 13:16; Luk 19:44, Luk 21:23, Luk 21:24
the fruit: Deu 28:33; Isa 1:7, Isa 62:8
which also: Lev 26:26; Jer 15:13, Jer 17:3; Eze 12:19; Hab 3:16, Hab 3:17
Lev 26:25; Kg2 17:1-6, Kg2 18:13, Kg2 24:10, Kg2 24:11, Kg2 25:1-4; Isa 1:7, Isa 62:8; Jer 21:4-7, Jer 37:8, Jer 39:1-3, Jer 52:4-7; Eze 4:1-8; Dan 9:26; Zac 12:2, Zac 14:2; Mat 22:7, Mat 24:15, Mat 24:16; Luk 19:43, Luk 19:44, Luk 21:20-24
the fruit: Deu 28:18, Deu 28:55, Deu 28:57; Lev 26:29; Kg2 6:28, Kg2 6:29; Jer 19:9; Lam 2:20, Lam 4:10; Eze 5:10; Mat 24:19
body: Heb. belly
his eye: Deu 15:9; Pro 23:6, Pro 28:22; Mat 20:15
and toward: The Roman armies at length besieged, sacked, and utterly desolated Jerusalem, and during this seige, the famine was so extreme, that even rich and delicate persons, both men and women, ate their own children, and concealed the horrible repast, lest others should tear it from them! "Women snatched the food out of the very mouths of their husbands, and sons of their fathers, and (what is most miserable) mothers of their infants." "In every house, if there appeared any semblance of food, a battle ensued, and the dearest friends and relations fought with one another; snatching away the miserable provisions of life." "A woman distinguished by birth and wealth, after she had been plundered by the tyrants (or soldiers) of all her possessions, boiling her own sucking child, ate half of him, and concealing the other half, reserved it for another time!" Deu 13:6; Sa2 12:3; Mic 7:5
his children: Psa 103:13; Isa 49:15; Mat 7:9-11; Luk 11:11-13
in the siege: Jer 5:10, Jer 34:2, Jer 52:6
and delicate: Isa 3:16; Lam 4:3-6
her eye shall be evil: Deu 28:54
young one: Heb. after-birth
cometh out: Gen 49:10; Isa 49:15
for she shall: Deu 28:53
If thou wilt: Deu 28:15; Lev 26:14, Lev 26:15; Jer 7:9, Jer 7:10, Jer 7:26-28
fear this glorious: Deu 6:13; Exo 3:14, Exo 3:15, Exo 6:2, Exo 6:3, Exo 20:2, Exo 34:5-7; Neh 9:5; Psa 50:7, Psa 72:19, Psa 83:18; Isa 41:10, Isa 42:8; Jer 5:12; Mat 10:28; Heb 10:30, Heb 10:31, Heb 12:28, Heb 12:29
Deu 28:46, Deu 29:20-28, Deu 31:17, Deu 31:18, Deu 32:22, Deu 32:26; Kg1 9:7-9, Kg1 16:3, Kg1 16:4; Lam 1:9, Lam 1:12; Lam 4:12; Dan 9:12; Hos 3:4; Mar 13:19
bring upon thee: Heb. cause to ascend, Deu 28:61
few in number: In the seige of Jerusalem there died 1,100,000 persons, and more than 90,000 were carried captive; and, having afterwards provoked the Romans by their crimes and rebellions, they persecuted them nearly to extirpation; to which, if the tens of thousands which were slaughtered year after year in every country be added, it appears wonderful that there were any remains left. Deu 4:27; Lev 26:22; Kg2 13:7, Kg2 24:14; Neh 7:4; Isa 1:9, Isa 24:6; Jer 42:2; Jer 52:28-30; Mar 13:20; Rom 9:27-29
as the stars: Deu 10:22; Neh 9:23; Rom 9:27
rejoiced over: Deu 30:9; Isa 62:5; Jer 32:41; Mic 7:18; Zep 3:17; Luk 15:6-10, Luk 15:23, Luk 15:24, Luk 15:32
rejoice over: Pro 1:26; Isa 1:24; Eze 5:13, Eze 33:11
plucked from: Deu 7:22 *marg. Jer 12:14, Jer 12:15, Jer 18:7, Jer 24:6, Jer 31:28, Jer 31:40, Jer 42:10; Dan 7:8
scatter: Deu 4:27, Deu 4:28; Lev 26:33; Neh 1:8; Jer 16:13, Jer 50:17; Eze 11:16, Eze 11:17; Luk 21:24
there thou shalt: Deu 28:36; Jer 16:13
among: After the conquest of their country by the Romans, Hadrian, by a public decree, ratified by the senate, forbad any Jew to come even within sight of Judea; and hence they were dispersed over every quarter of the globe, where they found no alleviation or respite from misery. In no country are they treated as denizens; all suspect them as enemies, and behave to them as aliens; if they do not, as had been too frequently the case, harass, oppress, and persecute them, even unto death.
shalt thou: Gen 8:9; Isa 57:21; Eze 5:12-17, Eze 20:32-35; Amo 9:4, Amo 9:9, Amo 9:10
the Lord: Lev 26:36; Isa 51:17; Eze 12:18, Eze 12:19; Hos 11:10, Hos 11:11; Hab 3:16; Luk 21:26
failing of eyes: Lev 26:16; Isa 65:14; Lam 3:65; Mat 24:8; Rom 11:10
Deu 28:67; Lam 1:13; Heb 10:27; Rev 6:15-17
Deu 28:34; Job 7:3, Job 7:4; Rev 9:6
bring thee into Egypt: This verse seems especially to point out an event, which took place subsequently to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, and the desolation made by Hadrian. Numbers of the captives were sent by sea into Egypt (as well as into other countries), and sold for slaves at a vile price, and for the meanest offices; and many thousands were left to perish from want; for the multitude was so great, that purchasers could not be found for them all at any price! Deu 17:16; Jer 43:7, Jer 44:12; Hos 8:13, Hos 9:3
there ye shall: Exo 20:2; Neh 5:8; Est 7:4; Joe 3:3-7; Luk 21:24