Deuteronomy 28:43
The uncircumcised stranger who is among thee will rise up high above thee, but thou shalt be brought down very low:
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
42The locust will consume all the fruitage and the trees of thy land.
44He shall lend to thee, but thou wilt not lend to him; he will be strong, and thou wilt be weak.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:13And the Lord will make thee strong and not weak, and thou shalt evermore be upper and not under, if thou wilt obey the commandments of the Lord thy God which I command thee this day to keep and to perform.
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 →