Deuteronomy 28:38

Much seed wilt thou carry out into the field, but little shalt thou gather in, for the locust will consume it;

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

In Context

37And thou wilt become a ruin, a proverb, and a history, among all nations whither the Lord shall make thee go.

39Thou wilt plant and till vineyards, but wilt not drink the wine, nor gather in, for the worm shall eat it;

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Cross References

Exodus 10:14And the locust came up on all the land of Mizraim, and abode in all the boundary of Mizraim exceedingly strong. Before him the locust had never been like him nor afterward will he be so;

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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