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You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use the fruit of it.
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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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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…
16th Century
Protestant
You shall betroth a wife, and another man. He here denounces that all they possessed would be ransacked and plundered by their enemies. He…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie withher Espouse a woman in order …
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