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Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, whereby you have forsaken me.

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A Just Consequence

Commentators emphasize that the curses are not random but a just consequence of Israel's actions. The verse explicitly states the reason: "because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me." This highlights that divine judgment is a direct response to abandoning God, particularly through idolatry.

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Deuteronomy

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Deuteronomy 28:15–68

18th Century

Theologian

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

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Deuteronomy 28:20

19th Century

Bishop

Cursing, vexation, and rebuke.Deficiency, and anxiety, and failure in every enterprise, would convey…

John Gill

John Gill

On Deuteronomy 28:20

17th Century

Pastor

The Lord shall send upon you cursing
Which is either a general word for all that follows, or rather, since that had …

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Deuteronomy 28:15–44

17th Century

Minister

If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only fall short of the blessing promised, but we also lay ourselves under the curse, which includes al…