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and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.
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The Terror of Uncertainty
Commentators explain that this verse describes an intense and constant psychological torment. The curse for disobedience isn't just physical danger, but a perpetual state of anxiety where one's life feels like it's hanging by a thread. There is no rest or assurance, only a continuous fear for one's survival, day and night.
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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
Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee. —“Perhaps I shall die today by the sword that comes upon me” (Rashi).
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And your life shall hang in doubt before you Whether it shall be spared or not by the enemy:
and …
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