Deuteronomy 28:40

40 You will have olive trees everywhere in your country but no olive oil to rub on your skin, because the olives will fall off the trees.

Deuteronomy 28:40 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:40

Thou shalt have olive trees throughout thy coasts
In the several parts of the land of Canaan, which is therefore called a land of olive oil, ( Deuteronomy 8:8 ) ;

but thou shalt not anoint [thyself] with the oil;
nor any other relations, friends, guests, as was usual at entertainments; see ( Psalms 23:5 ) ( Luke 7:38 Luke 7:46 ) ; for the phrase "thyself" is not in the text. The reason why they should not anoint is, because they would have no oil to anoint with:

for thine olive shall cast [his fruit];
before it is ripe, by one means or another, as by winds, or blasting and mildew; see ( Amos 4:9 ) ( Habakkuk 3:17 ) .

Deuteronomy 28:40 In-Context

38 You will plant many crops in your fields, but harvest little because locusts will destroy your crops.

39 You will plant vineyards and take care of them, but you won't drink any wine or gather any grapes, because worms will eat them.

40 You will have olive trees everywhere in your country but no olive oil to rub on your skin, because the olives will fall off the trees.

41 You will have sons and daughters, but you won't be able to keep them because they will be taken as prisoners of war.

42 Crickets will swarm all over your trees and the crops in your fields.