9. All rights reserved. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary Matthew Henry :: Commentary on Deuteronomy 28 ← Back to Matthew Henry's Bio & Resources . Deuteronomy 28:15 - 'But it shall come about, if you do not obey the Lord your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: on StudyLight.org. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. . "Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the … Deuteronomy 28:15. Proud member There is no running from God, but by running to him; no fleeing from his justice, but by fleeing to his mercy. Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! In Deuteronomy 28:15 God warns, “ [I]f you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you...” In A.D. 70 the Roman army besieged Jerusalem. This chapter is a very large exposition of two words in the foregoing chapter, the blessing and the curse. The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto himself.] 1. (f) De Termino Vitae, l. 3. sect. Deuteronomy 28 – Blessing and Cursing A. Blessings on obedience. In Deuteronomy 28:15 God warns, “[I]f you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you . The Bible meaning of a curse is simply the natural consequence of men's own ill actions. 3. p. 126. Manasseh Ben Israel (f) divides them into two parts, the first from hence to Deuteronomy 28:45; which respects the destruction of the first temple, and the things that went before or related to that; and the second from thence to the end of the chapter, which he thinks refers to the destruction of the second temple, and their present case and circumstances; and it must be owned that for the most part the distinction may seem to hold good; what is prophesied of that should befall the Jews for their disobedience being more remarkably and distinctly fulfilled in the one than in the other; yet there are things in the whole which respect both, or that were fulfilled, some under one dispensation, and some under another, and some that were fulfilled in both; but chiefly and more manifestly at and since their dispersion by the Romans. Deuteronomy 28:1-68.THE BLESSINGS FOR OBEDIENCE. Salem Media Group. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Observe the justice of this curse. Deutéronome 28 15 Mais si tu n'obéis point à la voix de l'Eternel, ton Dieu, si tu n'observes pas et ne mets pas en pratique tous ses commandements et toutes ses lois que je te prescris aujourd'hui, voici toutes les malédictions qui viendront sur toi et qui seront ton partage: 16 Tu seras maudit dans la ville, et tu seras maudit dans les champs.… to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day; both moral and ceremonial: that all these curses shall come upon thee; from the hand of God, certainly, suddenly, and unawares: and overtake thee; pursuing after thee, will come up to thee, and seize upon thee, though they may seem to move slowly; see Zechariah 5:3; namely, the curses which follow. Deuteronomy 28-68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt (slavery/america) again Egypt has been taken figuratively as meaning slavery and also means America. For even in this life the door of mercy may be shut, and we may cry in vain for mercy when it is the time for justice. Deuteronomy 28:15-68: A Preterist Commentary: Summary and Highlights. The curse which Moses foretold was the natural consequence of the sins of the people. I. What does this verse really mean? Deuteronomy 28:29 leads to the same conclusion, where it is stated that Israel would grope in the bright noon-day, like a blind man in the dark, and not make his ways prosper, i.e., not hit upon the right road which led to the goal and to salvation, would have no good fortune or success in its undertakings (cf.