Deuteronomy 28:51

And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
eat	וְ֠אָכַל Ve.'a.khal	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fruit	פְּרִ֨י pe.Ri	H6529	fruit (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine singular construct
cattle	בְהֶמְתְּךָ֥ ve.hem.te.Kha	H929	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
fruit	וּפְרִֽי u.fe.ri-	H6529	fruit (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
land	אַדְמָתְךָ֮ 'ad.ma.te.Kha	H127	soil (from its general redness) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
destroyed	הִשָּֽׁמְדָךְ֒ hi.sha.me.doKh	H8045	to desolate · verb, niphal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
leave	יַשְׁאִ֜יר yash.'Ir	H7604	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
corn	דָּגָן֙ da.Gan	H1715	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
wine	תִּיר֣וֹשׁ ti.Ro.osh	H8492	must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
oil	וְיִצְהָ֔ר ve.yitz.Har	H3323	oil (as producing light) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
increase	שְׁגַ֥ר she.Gar	H7698	the fetus (as finally expelled) · noun, common feminine singular construct
kine	אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ 'a.la.Fei.kha	H504	a family · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
flocks	וְעַשְׁתְּרֹ֣ת ve.'ash.te.Rot	H6251	increase · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct
sheep	צֹאנֶ֑ךָ tzo.Ne.kha	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
destroyed	הַאֲבִיד֖וֹ ha.'a.vi.Do	H6	properly · verb, hiphil infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway…
Isaiah 62:8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and…
Leviticus 26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by…
Isaiah 1:7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthro…
Jeremiah 15:13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
Jeremiah 17:3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy bo…
Ezekiel 12:19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat thei…
Habakkuk 3:16-17 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might res…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:45–end

One would have thought that enough had been said to possess them with a dread of that wrath of God which is revealed from heaven against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. But to show how deep the treasures of that wrath are, and that still there is more and worse behind, Moses, when one would have thought that he had concluded this dismal subject, begins again, and adds to this roll of curses many similar words: as Jeremiah did to his, Jer 36:32. It should seem that in the former part of this commination Moses foretells their captivity in Babylon, and the calamities which introduced and attended that, by which, even after their return, they were brought to that low and poor conditi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 28:51

he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, &c.--According to the Jewish historian, every district of the country through which they passed was strewn with the wrecks of their devastation.

John Gill on Deuteronomy 28:51

And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle,.... Larger and lesser, oxen and sheep, as their calves and lambs, and kids of the goat: and the fruit of thy land; their wheat, barley, figs, grapes, pomegranates, olives, and dates: until thou be destroyed; the land of Judea, and all the increase of it: this being before said, Deuteronomy 28:31; and here repeated, shows that the same should be fulfilled at different times, as by the Chaldeans, so by the Romans; whose nation, or army, with their general at the head of them, may be more especially here intended by "he", that should eat up their fruit until utter destruction was brought upon them: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, o…

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John Calvin on Deuteronomy 28:15–end

Deuteronomy 28:15-68 15. But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. 15. Et erit, si non obedieris voci Jehovae Dei tui, ut custodias faciendo omnia praecepta ejus, et statuta ejus quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, venient super te onmes maledictiones istae, et apprehendent te. 16. Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 16. Maledictus eris in urbe, et maledictus in agro. 17. Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 17. Maledictum canistrum tuum, et conspersio tua…

Dictionary and topics

Corn — The word so rendered (dagan) in Gen. 27:28, 37, Num. 18:27, Deut. 28:51, Lam. 2:12, is a general term representing all the commodities we usually describe by the words corn, grain, seeds, peas,…
Fruit — A word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether vegetable or animal. The Hebrews divided the fruits of the land into three classes:, (1.) The fruit of the field, “corn-fruit” (Heb.…
Heathen — (Heb. plural goyum). At first the word goyim denoted generally all the nations of the world (Gen. 18:18; comp. Gal. 3:8). The Jews afterwards became a people distinguished in a marked manner from the…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Wine — The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning “to boil up,” “to be in a ferment.” Others derive it from a root meaning “to tread out,” and hence the juice of the grape trodden out.…
Backsliders · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Famine · Caused by: Devastation by enemies — Caused by: Devastation by enemies
Jews, The · Their country trodden under foot by the Gentiles — Their country trodden under foot by the Gentiles
Judgments · General references — General references
Obedience · ENJOINED — ENJOINED
Obedience To God · Punishment of refusing — Punishment of refusing

Deuteronomy 28:51

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:45–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 28:51

John Gill on Deuteronomy 28:51

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 28:15–end

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 28:51

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:45–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 28:51

John Gill on Deuteronomy 28:51

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 28:15–end

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 28:15–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 28:50

Rashi on Deuteronomy 28:49