Deuteronomy 28:44

He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall become the head, and thou shalt become the tail.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

In Context

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;

45And there shall come upon thee all these curses, and they shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he hath commanded thee;

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Cross References

Lamentations 1:5Her adversaries are become chiefs, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath caused her to grieve because of the multitude of her transgressions: her babes are gone into captivity before the adversary.

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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