Deuteronomy 28:38-39

38 ¹You shall carry much seed into the field and shall gather in little, for ²the locust shall consume it.

39 ³You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.

Deuteronomy 28:38-39 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

• 1. 28:38 Mic. 6:15; Hag. 1:6
• 2. 28:38 Joel 1:4; 2:25
• 3. 28:39 Zeph. 1:13