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and shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your ground, until you be destroyed; that also shall not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your cattle, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

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A Curse of Total Ruin

Commentators explain that this curse describes total economic and agricultural devastation. The invading enemy would not just conquer but consume every source of Israel's sustenance—livestock, grain, wine, and oil—leaving nothing behind. This signifies a complete stripping of the blessings God had previously promised, leading to the nation's ruin.

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Deuteronomy

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Albert Barnes

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 Gill

John Gill

On Deuteronomy 28:51

17th Century

Pastor

And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle
Larger and lesser, oxen and sheep, as their calves and lambs, and kids of …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Deuteronomy 28:45–68

17th Century

Minister

If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries His curse can bring upon humankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows…