Locusts will consume all of your trees and the fruit of your ground.
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Locusts will consume all of your trees and the fruit of your ground.
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All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
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All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 28:42 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Amos 7:1-2 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest. When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
- Deuteronomy 28:38-39 You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in, for the locust will consume it. You will plant vineyards and dress them, but you will neither drink of the wine, nor harvest, because worms will eat them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Under one kind he containeth all the vermin, which…
Under one kind he containeth all the vermin, which destroy the fruits of the land: and this is an evident token of God’s curse.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy…
Deu 28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
Ver. 42. The locusts.] All sorts of vermin.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they shall be upon thee for a sign…
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder,.... That is, those curses before pronounced, Deu 27:15, and what follow, should rest and remain upon them, continue with them, and be very visible on them; so as to be observed by others, as a sign of the wrath and displeasure of God, and of the fulfilment of prophecy, and of the truth of divine revelation: and so "for a wonder": as it is most astonishing to observe how exactly all the curses threatened them have fallen upon them and have abode with them, as they did in their former captivities, and more especially do in the present one: and, what is the greater wonder, that notwithstanding these dreadful calamities, and so long continued, enough to have crushed any people from being a people, yet they have continued, and still do continue, a distinct people; which is a standing miracle, and one would think sufficient to convince the most hardened and obstinate deist of the truth and authority of the sacred Scriptures; in which stand so many glaring prophecies that have been fulfilled, and are continually fulfilling in this people:
and upon thy seed for ever; this shows that these curses, said to be upon them, not only refer to those that came upon them at and in the Babylonish captivity, but to those that came upon them at their destruction by the Romans, and which have continued on them nineteen hundred years; and how much longer they will continue none can say: it will be their case, until new heavens and a new earth are created, or there will be a new state of things, at least with them; when they shall be converted to the Lord, and all Israel saved; see Isa 65:17; and it may be observed, that the ten tribes carried captive never returned.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Blast. This is a different word from that mentioned,…
Blast. This is a different word from that mentioned, ver. 22. Tselatsal may here probably denote a grasshopper, which delights in the shade, and has a shrill note. In hot countries it does great hurt to trees, &c. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 42. locust] Heb. ṣelaṣal, from the rustling of its…
42. locust] Heb. ṣelaṣal, from the rustling of its wings.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Consume; literally, take possession of. The name given here…
Consume; literally, take possession of. The name given here to the ravaging insect is not the same as in ver. 38; but there can be no doubt it is the locust that is intended.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: Forms of You)
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The foreigner who is ... He will ... to him
This does not mean a specific foreigner but it refers to foreigners in general. AT: "The foreigners who are ... They will ... to them" (See: Generic Noun Phrases)
rise up above you higher and higher; you yourself will come down lower and lower
This idiom means foreigners will have more power, money, and honor than the Israelites. (See: Idiom)
he will be the head, and you will be the tail
This means foreigners will have more power and authority than the Israelites. See how you translated a similar phrase in Deuteronomy 28:13. (See: Metaphor)
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alien
raise
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