Deuteronomy 28:38

You will plant plenty of seeds in your fields, but you will reap only a small harvest, because locusts will eat the crops.

Translation for Translators

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

37When the people-groups in nearby countries see what has happened to you, they will be shocked/horrified; they will make fun [DOU] of you.

39You will plant grapevines and take care of them, but you will not pick any grapes to make wine, because worms will eat the vines.

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Cross References

Exodus 10:14The locusts swarmed all over Egypt. It was larger than any swarm of locusts that had ever been seen, and there will never be a swarm of locusts like that again.

Joel 1:4I am talking about the locusts that have eaten our crops. The first swarm of locusts came and cut many of the leaves of the crops; then another swarm came and ate the rest of the leaves, then another swarm came hopping along, and finally another swarm came and they destroyed everything else.

Joel 2:25Yahweh said, “I will repay you for everything that was destroyed by those great swarms of locusts that I sent to attack you.

Amos 7:1Yahweh our God showed me in a vision that he was going to send locusts to destroy our crops. It was going to happen right after the king’s share of the hay had been harvested/cut and before the rest of the hay was ready to be harvested.

Haggai 1:6You have planted a lot of seeds, but you are not getting many crops to harvest. You eat food, but you never get enough. You drink wine, but you are still thirsty. You wear clothes, but you do not stay warm. You earn money, but things are very expensive, with the result that it is as though [MET] your money disappears because you are putting it in purses/pockets that have big holes in them.”

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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