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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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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
On Deuteronomy 28:21
19th Century
Bishop
The pestilence. —One of God’s four sore judgments to be sent upon Jerusalem (Ezekiel 14:19–21).
Until he ha…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 28:21
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 28:21
17th Century
Pastor
The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee
Not only to come upon them; but to continue with them:
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…