Deuteronomy 28:38-39

38 "¹You shall bring out much seed to the field but you will gather in little, for ²the locust will consume it.

39 "³You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour 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. Isaiah 5:10; Micah 6:15; Haggai 1:6
• 2. Exodus 10:4; Joel 1:4
• 3. Isaiah 5:10; Isaiah 17:10, 11