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A Literal Rain of Dust
Commentators explain that this curse describes a literal and terrifying weather event. Instead of life-giving rain, God would send destructive dust. In the arid climate of Palestine, intense heat could parch the earth into powder, which strong winds would then lift into the air, causing it to fall like a suffocating shower that would destroy all remaining vegetation.
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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 28:24
19th Century
Bishop
Powder and dust. —The great desert, which lies on the eastern frontier of Palestine, makes this only too possible.
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 28:24
17th Century
Pastor
The Lord shall make the rain of your land powder and dust
That is, instead of showers of rain in their season, to wa…
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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…