Deuteronomy 28:42

All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the cricket strip bare.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

41Sons and daughters wilt thou beget; but they shall not remain thine: for they shall go into captivity.

43The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall get up above thee higher and higher; but thou shalt come down lower and lower;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:38Much seed wilt thou carry out into the field, yet but little shalt thou gather in; for the locust shall consume it.

Amos 4:9I had smitten you with blasting and mildew; the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees did the caterpillar devour: and yet have ye not returned unto me, saith 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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