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You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
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The Pain of Public Shame
Commentators explain that this curse goes beyond physical hardship. John Calvin calls it the 'climax of their miseries' because it involves the deep indignity of being harassed by taunts and insults. The pain was not just in the suffering, but in the public shame and becoming a cautionary tale.
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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
And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword. —This verse is contrary to Deuteronomy 28:10. It was verif…
16th Century
Protestant
And you shall become an astonishment. The climax of their miseries is here added: that they should be so far from receiving consolation fr…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you will become an astonishment To neighbouring nations, that will hear of their overthrow and captivity, and th…
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…
