Deuteronomy 28:58-59

58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
59 the LORD will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses.

Deuteronomy 28:58-59 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 28

In this chapter Moses enlarges on the blessings and the curses which belong, the one to the doers, the other to the transgressors of the law; the blessings, De 28:1-14; the curses, some of which concern individual persons, others the whole nation and body of people, and that both under the former and present dispensations, and which had their fulfilment in their former captivities, and more especially in their present dispersion, De 28:15-68.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Deuteronomy 31:24
  • 2. Psalms 96:4; Jeremiah 5:22; Malachi 1:14; Malachi 2:5; Malachi 3:5,16; Malachi 4:2
  • 3. S Exodus 3:15; S Joshua 7:9; Exodus 6:3
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