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Reversal of a Core Promise
Commentators emphasize that this curse is a direct and painful reversal of God's foundational promise to Abraham to make his descendants as numerous as the stars. John Calvin explains this stark contrast was meant to show that their once-great population could only be diminished by the intense wrath of God, making the judgment deeply personal and significant.
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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 28:62
16th Century
Theologian
And you shall be left few in number. Since it had been promised to Abraham that his seed should be like the stars of heaven in multitude, …
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 28:62
17th Century
Pastor
And you shall be left few in number
There were but very few left in the land of Judea by Nebuchadnezzar's general wh…
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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…