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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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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 28:37
19th Century
Bishop
And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword. —This verse is contrary to Deuteronomy 28:10. It was verif…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 28:37
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 28:37
17th Century
Pastor
And you will become an astonishment
To neighbouring nations, that will hear of their overthrow and captivity, and th…
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…