Deuteronomy 28:45

45 "And all of these curses shall come over you, and they shall pursue you, and they shall overtake you {until you are destroyed}, because {you did not listen} to the voice of Yahweh your God, {by observing} his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you.

Deuteronomy 28:45 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:45

Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee
Before related, as well as what follow:

and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee till thou be destroyed;
which though they would endeavour to flee from and escape, should not be able, since they would follow them so closely and swiftly, and overtake them, and seize upon them; see ( Deuteronomy 28:15 ) ;

because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to
keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee;
to which disobedience all the curses are to be imputed that go before or follow after.

Deuteronomy 28:45 In-Context

43 The alien that [is] in your midst shall ascend over you, higher [and] higher, but you shall go down lower [and] lower.

44 He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be [the] head, but you shall be [the] tail.

45 "And all of these curses shall come over you, and they shall pursue you, and they shall overtake you {until you are destroyed}, because {you did not listen} to the voice of Yahweh your God, {by observing} his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you.

46 And they shall be among you as a sign and as a wonder and among your offspring {forever}.

47 "{Because} [of the fact] that you did not serve Yahweh your God with joy and with gladness of heart for the abundance of everything,

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "until you to be destroyed"
• [b] Literally "not you listened"
• [c] Literally "to observe"