Chapter 28

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If thou shalt Deut 11:13, Deut 15:5, Deut 27:1; Exod 15:26; Lev 26:3-13; Ps 106:3, Ps 111:10; Isa 1:19; Isa 3:10, Isa 55:2-3; Jer 11:4, Jer 12:16, Jer 17:24; Luke 11:28

to do all Ps 119:6, Ps 119:128; Luke 1:6; John 15:14; Gal 3:10; Jas 2:10-11

will set Deut 26:19; Ps 91:14, Ps 148:14; Luke 9:48; Rom 2:7


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come on thee Deut 28:15, Deut 28:45; Zech 1:6; 1Tim 4:8


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in the city Ps 107:36-37, Ps 128:1-5, Ps 144:12-15; Isa 65:21-23; Zech 8:3-5

in the field Gen 26:12, Gen 39:5; Amos 9:13-14; Hag 2:19; Mal 3:10-11


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Deut 28:11, Deut 7:13; Gen 22:17, Gen 49:25; Lev 26:9; Ps 107:38, Ps 127:3, Ps 128:3; Prov 10:22; Prov 13:22, Prov 20:7; 1Tim 4:8


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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, Deut 28:5


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Deut 31:2; Num 27:17; 2Sam 3:25; 2Chr 1:10; Ps 121:8


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shall cause Deut 28:25, Deut 32:30; Lev 26:7-8; 2Sam 22:38-41; Ps 89:23

flee before Josh 8:22, Josh 10:10-11, Josh 10:42; 1Sam 7:3-4, 1Sam 7:10-11; 2Chr 14:2-6, 2Chr 14:9-15, 2Chr 19:4; 2Chr 20:22-25, 2Chr 31:20-21, 2Chr 32:21-22


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command Lev 25:21; Ps 42:8, Ps 44:4, Ps 133:3

storehouses or, barns, Lev 26:4-5, Lev 26:10; 2Kgs 6:27; Ps 144:13; Prov 3:9-10; Hag 2:19; Mal 3:10-11; Matt 6:26, Matt 13:30; Luke 12:18, Luke 12:24-25

settest Deut 15:10


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establish Deut 7:6, Deut 26:18-19, Deut 29:13; Gen 17:7; Exod 19:5-6; Ps 87:5; Isa 1:26, Isa 62:12; 2Thess 3:3; Titus 2:14; 1Pet 2:9-11, 1Pet 5:10

sworn Deut 7:8, Deut 13:17, Deut 29:12; Exod 19:5-6; Jer 11:5; Heb 6:13-18


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And all Mal 3:12

called Num 6:27; 2Chr 7:14; Isa 63:19; Dan 9:18-19

and they shall Deut 4:6-8, Deut 11:25; Exod 12:33, Exod 14:25; Josh 5:1; 1Sam 18:12-15, 1Sam 18:28-29; 1Chr 14:17; Jer 33:9; Rev 3:9


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plenteous Deut 28:4, Deut 30:9; Lev 26:9; Prov 10:22

in goods or, for good

body Heb. belly, Job 19:17; Ps 132:11 *marg.


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open Deut 11:14; Lev 26:4; Job 38:22; Ps 65:9-13, Ps 135:7; Joel 2:23-24

to bless all Deut 14:29, Deut 15:10

lend Deut 28:44, Deut 15:6; Prov 22:7


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the head Num 24:18-19; Isa 9:14-15

if that thou Deut 28:1, Deut 4:6-9; Phil 1:27


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thou shalt Deut 5:32, Deut 11:16, Deut 11:26-28; Josh 23:6; 2Kgs 22:2; Prov 4:26-27

the right Isa 30:21


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if thou wilt Lev 26:14-46; Lam 2:17; Dan 9:11-13; Mal 2:2; Rom 2:8-9

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. Deut 28:2, Deut 27:15-26, Deut 29:20; Isa 3:11; Gal 3:10


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in the city Deut 28:3-14; Prov 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 Deut 28:55; Gen 3:17-18, Gen 4:11-12, Gen 5:29, Gen 8:21-22; 1Kgs 17:1, 1Kgs 17:5, 1Kgs 17:12; Jer 14:2-5, Jer 14:18; Lam 5:10; Joel 1:4, Joel 1:8-18, Joel 2:3; Amos 4:6-9; Hag 1:9-11; Hag 2:16-17; Mal 3:9-12


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Deut 28:5; Ps 69:22; Prov 1:32; Hag 1:6; Zech 5:3-4; Mal 2:2; Luke 16:25


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the fruit of thy body Deut 28:4, Deut 5:9; Job 18:16-19; Ps 109:9-15; Lam 2:11-12, Lam 2:20; Hos 9:11-14; Mal 2:3; Luke 23:29-30

thy land Deut 28:16; Lev 26:19-20, Lev 26:26; Hab 3:17


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Deut 28:6; Judg 5:6-7; 2Chr 15:5


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send Ps 7:11; Mal 2:2

vexation 1Sam 14:20; Ps 80:4-16; Isa 28:19, Isa 30:17, Isa 51:20, Isa 66:15; Zech 14:12-13; John 3:36; 1Thess 2:16

for to do Heb. which thou wouldest do

until thou be Deut 4:26; Lev 26:31-33, Lev 26:38; Josh 23:16


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Exod 5:3; Lev 26:25; Num 14:12, Num 16:46-49, Num 25:9; 2Sam 24:15; Jer 15:2, Jer 16:4; Jer 21:6-7, Jer 24:10; Matt 26:7


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a consumption Lev 26:16; 2Chr 6:28; Jer 14:12

sword or, drought

blasting 1Kgs 8:37; Amos 4:9; Hag 2:17


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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; 1Kgs 17:1, 1Kgs 18:2; Jer 14:1-6; Amos 4:7


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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. Deut 28:12; Gen 19:24; Job 18:15-21; Isa 5:24; Amos 4:11


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cause thee Deut 28:7, Deut 32:30; Lev 26:17, Lev 26:36-37; Isa 30:17

removed Heb. for a removing, Jer 15:2-9, Jer 24:9, Jer 29:18, Jer 34:17; Ezek 23:46; Luke 21:24


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1Sam 17:44-46; Ps 79:1-3; Isa 34:3; Jer 7:33, Jer 8:1, Jer 16:4, Jer 19:7, Jer 34:20; Ezek 39:17-20


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the botch Deut 28:35; Exod 9:9, Exod 9:11, Exod 15:26

emerods 1Sam 5:6, 1Sam 5:9, 1Sam 5:12; Ps 78:66

scab Lev 13:2-8, Lev 21:20; Isa 3:17


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1Sam 16:14; Ps 60:3; Isa 6:9-10, Isa 19:11-17, Isa 43:19; Jer 4:9; Ezek 4:17; Luke 21:25-26; Acts 13:41; 2Thess 2:9-11


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grope Job 5:14, Job 12:25; Ps 69:23-24; Isa 59:10; Lam 5:17; Zeph 1:17; Rom 11:7-10, Rom 11:25; 2Cor 4:3-4

thou shalt be Judg 3:14, Judg 4:2-3, Judg 6:1-6, Judg 10:8, Judg 13:1; 1Sam 13:5-7, 1Sam 13:19-22; Neh 9:26-29, Neh 9:37; Ps 106:40-42; Lam 5:8; Acts 21:24


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betroth Deut 20:6-7; Job 31:10; Jer 8:10; Hos 4:2

build Job 3:18; Isa 5:9-10, Isa 65:21-22; Jer 12:13; Lam 5:2; Amos 5:11; Mic 6:15; Zeph 1:13

gather Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat, Deut 20:6 *marg.


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ox Judg 6:1; Job 1:14-15

be restored to thee Heb. return to thee


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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. Deut 28:18, Deut 28:41; Num 21:29; 2Chr 29:9; Neh 5:2-5; Jer 15:7-9, Jer 16:2-4; Ezek 24:25; Joel 3:6; Amos 5:27; Mic 4:10

fail Deut 28:65; Job 11:20, Job 17:5; Ps 69:3, Ps 119:82, Ps 119:123; Isa 38:14; Lam 2:11, Lam 4:17; Lam 5:17


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The fruit Deut 28:30, Deut 28:51; Lev 26:16; Neh 9:36-37; Isa 1:7; Jer 5:17, Jer 8:16

thou shalt be Deut 28:29; Jer 4:17


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Deut 28:28, Deut 28:68; Isa 33:14; Jer 25:15-16; Rev 16:10-11


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botch Deut 28:27; Job 2:6-7; Isa 1:6, Isa 3:17, Isa 3:24


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bring thee 2Kgs 17:4-6, 2Kgs 24:12-15, 2Kgs 25:6-7, 2Kgs 25:11; 2Chr 33:11, 2Chr 36:6, 2Chr 36:17, 2Chr 36:20; Isa 39:7; Jer 22:11-12, Jer 22:24-27, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 39:5-7, Jer 52:8-11; Lam 4:20; Ezek 12:12-13

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 Deut 28:64, Deut 4:28; Jer 16:13; Ezek 20:32-33, Ezek 20:39


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become Deut 28:28, Deut 29:22-28; 1Kgs 9:7-8; 2Chr 7:20; Ps 44:13-14; Jer 24:9, Jer 25:9; Joel 2:17 *marg. Zech 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.


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shalt carry Isa 5:10; Mic 6:15; Hag 1:6

for the locust Exod 10:14-15; Joel 1:4, Joel 2:3, Joel 2:25; Amos 4:9, Amos 7:1-2


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for the worms Joel 1:4-7, Joel 2:2-4; Jonah 4:7


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anoint thyself Ps 23:5, Ps 104:15; Mic 6:15


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thou shalt not enjoy them Heb. they shall not be thine, for. Deut 28:32; 2Kgs 24:14; Lam 1:5


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thy trees Deut 28:38-39; Amos 7:1-2

consume or, possess


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Judg 2:3, Judg 2:11-15, Judg 4:2-3, Judg 10:7-10, Judg 14:4, Judg 15:11-12; 1Sam 13:3-7, 1Sam 13:19-23; 2Kgs 17:20, 2Kgs 17:23, 2Kgs 24:14-16; John 18:31, John 19:15


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Deut 28:12-13; Lam 1:5


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Moreover Deut 28:5, Deut 28:15, Deut 29:20-21; Lev 26:28; 2Kgs 17:20; Prov 13:21; Isa 1:20, Isa 65:14-15; Jer 24:9-10; Lam 2:15-17; Ezek 7:15, Ezek 14:21

because Deut 11:27-28; Ps 119:21; Jer 7:22-25


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a sign Deut 28:37, Deut 28:59, Deut 29:20, Deut 29:28; Isa 8:18; Jer 19:8, Jer 25:18; Ezek 14:8, Ezek 23:32-33; Ezek 36:20; 1Cor 10:11


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Deut 12:7-12, Deut 16:11, Deut 32:13-15; Neh 9:35; 1Tim 6:17-19


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serve 2Chr 12:8; Neh 9:35-37; Jer 5:19, Jer 17:4; Ezek 17:3, Ezek 17:7, Ezek 17:12

in hunger Jer 44:17-18, Jer 44:22, Jer 44:27; Lam 5:2-6; Ezek 4:16-17

a yoke Isa 47:6; Jer 27:12-13, Jer 28:13-14; Matt 11:29


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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 6:22-23, Dan 9:26; Hab 1:6-7; Luke 19:43-44

as the eagle Jer 4:13, Jer 48:40, Jer 49:22; Lam 4:19; Ezek 17:3, Ezek 17:12; Hos 8:1; Matt 24:28

a nation whose Jer 5:15; Ezek 3:6; 1Cor 14:21

understand Heb. hear


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of fierce countenance Heb. strong of face, Prov 7:13; Eccl 8:1 *marg. Dan 7:7, Dan 8:23

shall not 2Chr 36:17; Isa 47:6; Hos 13:16; Luke 19:44, Luke 21:23-24


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the fruit Deut 28:33; Isa 1:7, Isa 62:8

which also Lev 26:26; Jer 15:13, Jer 17:3; Ezek 12:19; Hab 3:16-17


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Lev 26:25; 2Kgs 17:1-6, 2Kgs 18:13, 2Kgs 24:10-11, 2Kgs 25:1-4; Isa 1:7, Isa 62:8; Jer 21:4-7, Jer 37:8, Jer 39:1-3, Jer 52:4-7; Ezek 4:1-8; Dan 9:26; Zech 12:2, Zech 14:2; Matt 22:7, Matt 24:15-16; Luke 19:43-44, Luke 21:20-24


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the fruit Deut 28:18, Deut 28:55, Deut 28:57; Lev 26:29; 2Kgs 6:28-29; Jer 19:9; Lam 2:20, Lam 4:10; Ezek 5:10; Matt 24:19

body Heb. belly


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his eye Deut 15:9; Prov 23:6, Prov 28:22; Matt 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!" Deut 13:6; 2Sam 12:3; Mic 7:5

his children Ps 103:13; Isa 49:15; Matt 7:9-11; Luke 11:11-13


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in the siege Jer 5:10, Jer 34:2, Jer 52:6


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and delicate Isa 3:16; Lam 4:3-6

her eye shall be evil Deut 28:54


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young one Heb. after-birth

cometh out Gen 49:10; Isa 49:15

for she shall Deut 28:53


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If thou wilt Deut 28:15; Lev 26:14-15; Jer 7:9-10, Jer 7:26-28

fear this glorious Deut 6:13; Exod 3:14-15, Exod 6:2-3, Exod 20:2, Exod 34:5-7; Neh 9:5; Ps 50:7, Ps 72:19, Ps 83:18; Isa 41:10, Isa 42:8; Jer 5:12; Matt 10:28; Heb 10:30-31, Heb 12:28-29


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Deut 28:46, Deut 29:20-28, Deut 31:17-18, Deut 32:22, Deut 32:26; 1Kgs 9:7-9, 1Kgs 16:3-4; Lam 1:9, Lam 1:12; Lam 4:12; Dan 9:12; Hos 3:4; Mark 13:19


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Deut 7:15; Exod 15:26


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bring upon thee Heb. cause to ascend, Deut 28:61


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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. Deut 4:27; Lev 26:22; 2Kgs 13:7, 2Kgs 24:14; Neh 7:4; Isa 1:9, Isa 24:6; Jer 42:2; Jer 52:28-30; Mark 13:20; Rom 9:27-29

as the stars Deut 10:22; Neh 9:23; Rom 9:27


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rejoiced over Deut 30:9; Isa 62:5; Jer 32:41; Mic 7:18; Zeph 3:17; Luke 15:6-10, Luke 15:23-24, Luke 15:32

rejoice over Prov 1:26; Isa 1:24; Ezek 5:13, Ezek 33:11

plucked from Deut 7:22 *marg. Jer 12:14-15, Jer 18:7, Jer 24:6, Jer 31:28, Jer 31:40, Jer 42:10; Dan 7:8


64
scatter Deut 4:27-28; Lev 26:33; Neh 1:8; Jer 16:13, Jer 50:17; Ezek 11:16-17; Luke 21:24

there thou shalt Deut 28:36; Jer 16:13


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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; Ezek 5:12-17, Ezek 20:32-35; Amos 9:4, Amos 9:9-10

the Lord Lev 26:36; Isa 51:17; Ezek 12:18-19; Hos 11:10-11; Hab 3:16; Luke 21:26

failing of eyes Lev 26:16; Isa 65:14; Lam 3:65; Matt 24:8; Rom 11:10


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Deut 28:67; Lam 1:13; Heb 10:27; Rev 6:15-17


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Deut 28:34; Job 7:3-4; Rev 9:6


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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! Deut 17:16; Jer 43:7, Jer 44:12; Hos 8:13, Hos 9:3

there ye shall Exod 20:2; Neh 5:8; Esth 7:4; Joel 3:3-7; Luke 21:24


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