Deuteronomy 28:42

Locust swarms will destroy all your trees and crops.

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In The King James Version

All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

In Context

41You will have sons and daughters, but you won't have them for long, because they will be taken off into captivity as slaves.

43Foreigners who live with you will rise higher and higher in status above you, while you sink lower and lower.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:38You will sow a lot of seed in the field, but harvest very little because the locusts will destroy it.

Amos 4:9I struck your many farms and vineyards with blight and mildew; locusts devoured your fig trees and olive trees. But still you did not return to me, declares the 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 →

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