Deuteronomy 28:42
All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
In Context
41Thou shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine, for they shall go into captivity.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:38Thou shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.
Amos 4:9I have smitten you with blasting and mildew. The multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees the palmer-worm has devoured. Yet ye have not returned to me, says LORD.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:16-45
Threatenings. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19… Read the whole commentary →