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The Pain of Futile Labor
Commentators explain that this curse is designed to inflict maximum psychological pain. It describes a life of frustrated hope where the most significant milestones—marriage, building a home, and cultivating a vineyard—are snatched away at the moment of fulfillment. This illustrates a complete inability to enjoy the fruits of one's labor as a direct consequence of disobedience.
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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…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 28:30
16th Century
Theologian
You shall betroth a wife, and another man. He here denounces that all they possessed would be ransacked and plundered by their enemies. He…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 28:30
17th Century
Pastor
You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with
her
Espouse a woman in order …
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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…