Deuteronomy 28

Deuteronomy 28:1

and to do. No “and” in Hebrew text, but it is read in some codices with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.

this day. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26.

above all nations. See Deuteronomy 26:19.

Deuteronomy 28:2

these blessings. Figure of speech Hypotyposis. App-6.

Deuteronomy 28:3

Blessed. Figure of speech Anaphora. App-6. “Blessed” six times. Compare note on “Cursed”, Deuteronomy 27:15.

Deuteronomy 28:5

basket. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject) for its contents.

store = kneading-troughs, put for the dough in them.

Deuteronomy 28:6

comest in. Compare Psalms 121:8.

Deuteronomy 28:8

storehouses = barns. Hebrew. ’aSamaritan Pentateuch Occurs only here and Proverbs 3:10.

settest thine hand = lettest thine hand go forth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for all that is wrought by it. App-6.

hand. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Vulgate, read “hands”.

Deuteronomy 28:9

holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.

as = according as.

Deuteronomy 28:10

people = Peoples.

Deuteronomy 28:11

in goods = for good; or, in that which is good.

thy ground = thy soil.

in the land = on the soil. Hebrew. adamah.

Deuteronomy 28:12

season. Compare Deuteronomy 11:14.

hand. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “hands”.

lend. Compare Deuteronomy 15:6 and Proverbs 22:7.

Deuteronomy 28:13

the head, and not the tail. Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6) for great emphasis.

above . . . and not beneath. Figure of speech Pleonasm. See note above.

Deuteronomy 28:14

go aside. Compare Deuteronomy 17:11, Deuteronomy 17:20. Proverbs 4:27.

Deuteronomy 28:15

statutes. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1.

these curses. Figure of speech Hypotyposis. App-6.

Deuteronomy 28:21

pestilence. Probably true Oriental plague.

land = soil. Hebrew. ’adamah.

Deuteronomy 28:22

consumption. Probably phthisis.

fever. Probably a continued fever of some kind.

inflammation. Probably the rigor and heat of malarial intermittent fever.

extreme burning. Probably prickly-heat.

Deuteronomy 28:25

shall cause. Note the fulfilment of verses: Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:37, Deuteronomy 28:46, Deuteronomy 25:48, Deuteronomy 25:49, Deuteronomy 25:50, Deuteronomy 25:52, Deuteronomy 25:62, reaching down to the present day.

Deuteronomy 28:26

thy carcase. Septuagint hoi nekroi, with article, denoting corpses as distinct from the people who are dead.

unto all fowls. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, and Syriac, read “for the bird”.

fray = frighten (Old English).

Deuteronomy 28:27

botch = elephantiasis.

emerods = Old English spelling of modern Hemorrhoids. or “piles”. Written “posteriors” in Hebrew text, but read “tumours” by way of Figure of speech Euphemism.

scab = aggravated psoriasis.

itch = prurigo.

Deuteronomy 28:30

lie with. Hebrew. Euphemism for “ravish”.

Deuteronomy 28:32

might = power. Hebrew. ’el. App-4.

hand. Some codices, with three early printed editions and Syriac, read plural, “hands”.

Deuteronomy 28:33

labours. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the result or fruit of them. App-6.

Deuteronomy 28:37

nations = peoples. Compare 1 Kings 9:8. Psalms 44:13, Psalms 44:14.

Deuteronomy 28:38

locust. Hebrew. ’arbeh. Used of the Egyptian plague. Exodus 10:4, &c.

Deuteronomy 28:40

coasts = borders, or confines.

Deuteronomy 28:42

locust = grasshopper. Hebrew. zelazal, from noise of its wings.

consume. Hebrew possess.

Deuteronomy 28:43

very high. Hebrew “high, high”. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.

very low. Hebrew “low, low”. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6. Compare the Figure of speech Isaiah 26:3.

Deuteronomy 28:45

statutes. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1.

Deuteronomy 28:46

for ever. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Whole). App-6. The whole of time put for a part of it.

Deuteronomy 28:48

yoke of iron. Put by Figure of speech for a heavy yoke or a grievous bondage.

Deuteronomy 28:49

thee. The judgments that follow are for “the Jew first”, but also for the Gentile. Compare Isaiah 13:9. Romans 2:7-10.

as = according as.

Deuteronomy 28:50

of fierce countenance. Hebrew = strong of face: “strong” put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for boldness or fierceness. Compare Isaiah 5:26-29.

Deuteronomy 28:51

wine. Hebrew. tirosh. See App-27. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac, read “or new wine”.

Deuteronomy 28:53

eat. Compare Jeremiah 19:9.

Deuteronomy 28:56

adventure. Old English idiom for “venture to go”.

Deuteronomy 28:58

written. See note on Exodus 17:14.

this book. See App-47, and Compare Deuteronomy 28:61 below.

name. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for Him who bears it. App-6.

Deuteronomy 28:61

the book of this law = this book of the law. Compare Deuteronomy 28:58. Deuteronomy 29:21; Deuteronomy 30:10. 2 Kings 22:13, and App-47.

Deuteronomy 28:64

all people = all kinds of peoples. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus).

Deuteronomy 28:65

mind. Hebrew. nephesh, soul. App-13.

Deuteronomy 28:66

fear. Hebrew. Homonym: pahad, to fear, here and Job 23:15; but = rejoice, Isaiah 60:5.

Deuteronomy 28:67

Would God. Figure of speech Euche. App-6.

Deuteronomy 28:68

into Egypt. So Hosea 8:13; Hosea 9:3. May be put by Figure of speech Metonymy for servitude.

ships. Second occurrence in O.T. See Genesis 49:13.

sold = put up for sale.

buy you. This is the end of Moses’ fifth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:6.