Deuteronomy 28:43 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“The stranger that {is} within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.”

Deuteronomy 28:43

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Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. {thou shalt not...: Heb. they shall not be thine}

All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. {consume: or, possess}

The stranger that {is} within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

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Deuteronomy 28:1

"And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe {and} to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:"

Deuteronomy 28:2

"And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God."

Deuteronomy 28:3

"Blessed {shalt} thou {be} in the city, and blessed {shalt} thou {be} in the field."

Deuteronomy 28:4

"Blessed {shall be} the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep."

Deuteronomy 28:5

"Blessed {shall be} thy basket and thy store. {store: or, dough, or, kneadingtroughs}"

Deuteronomy 28:6

"Blessed {shalt} thou {be} when thou comest in, and blessed {shalt} thou {be} when thou goest out."

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