The curses correspond in form and number (Deuteronomy 28:15–19) to the ble ings (Deuteronomy 28:3–6), and the special ways …

And he shall besiege you in all your gates. —The siege of the last two “fenced cities” by Nebuchadnezzar’s army is mentioned in Jeremiah 3…

And he shall besiege thee in thy gates. He overthrows every ground of false confidence. The number of their towns inspired them with coura…

And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates
That is, in all their cities and walled towns, which had gates and bars f…

If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries His curse can bring upon humankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows…