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Yahweh will make the pestilence cleave to you, until he have consumed you from off the land, where you go in to possess it.
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A Judgment That "Cleaves"
Commentators emphasize the word "cleave." This pestilence is not a random or temporary illness. It is a divine judgment that, as John Calvin notes, is "glued" to the people. It is a persistent and inescapable consequence of disobedience, designed to remain until it has completely consumed them from the promised land.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The curses correspond in form and number (Deuteronomy 28:15–19) to the blessings (Deuteronomy 28:3–6), and the special ways…
19th Century
Anglican
The pestilence. —One of God’s four sore judgments to be sent upon Jerusalem (Ezekiel 14:19–21).
Until he ha…
16th Century
Protestant
The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave to you. He now proceeds to diseases, which are, as it were, the lictors of God; and finally, His…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto theeNot only to come upon them; but to continue with them:
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…
