Deuteronomy 28:39-49

39 vineam plantabis et fodies et vinum non bibes nec colliges ex ea quippiam quoniam vastabitur vermibus

40 olivas habebis in omnibus terminis tuis et non ungueris oleo quia defluent et peribunt

41 filios generabis et filias et non frueris eis quoniam ducentur in captivitatem

42 omnes arbores tuas et fruges terrae tuae robigo consumet

43 advena qui tecum versatur in terra ascendet super te eritque sublimior tu autem descendes et eris inferior

44 ipse fenerabit tibi et tu non fenerabis ei ipse erit in caput et tu eris in caudam

45 et venient super te omnes maledictiones istae et persequentes adprehendent te donec intereas quia non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui nec servasti mandata eius et caerimonias quas praecepit tibi

46 et erunt in te signa atque prodigia et in semine tuo usque in sempiternum

47 eo quod non servieris Domino Deo tuo in gaudio cordisque laetitia propter rerum omnium abundantiam

48 servies inimico tuo quem inmittet Dominus tibi in fame et siti et nuditate et omnium penuria et ponet iugum ferreum super cervicem tuam donec te conterat

49 adducet Dominus super te gentem de longinquo et de extremis finibus terrae in similitudinem aquilae volantis cum impetu cuius linguam intellegere non possis

Deuteronomy 28:39-49 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.