Deuteronomy 28:38

38 You will plant much seed in your field, but your harvest will be small, because locusts will eat the crop.

Deuteronomy 28:38 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:38

Thou shall carry much seed into the field
And sow it plentifully; this and what is said in some following verses plainly refer to them while in their own land, before carried captive, and not to their present case and circumstances:

and shall gather [but] little in at harvest;
little springing up, or not coming to perfection, being blighted and blasted, and so yielded but a small crop; see ( Haggai 1:9 ) ; and chiefly for the following reason:

for the locust shall consume it;
which is a great destroyer of the fruits of the earth; see ( Joel 1:4 ) .

Deuteronomy 28:38 In-Context

36 The Lord will send you and your king away to a nation neither you nor your ancestors know, where you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.

37 You will become a hated thing to the nations where the Lord sends you; they will laugh at you and make fun of you.

38 You will plant much seed in your field, but your harvest will be small, because locusts will eat the crop.

39 You will plant vineyards and work hard in them, but you will not pick the grapes or drink the wine, because the worms will eat them.

40 You will have olive trees in all your land, but you will not get any olive oil, because the olives will drop off the trees.