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Deuteronomy 28:43 — Meaning and Application
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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
Verse in Context
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Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
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
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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."
Deuteronomy 28:6
"Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out."
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