Deuteronomy 28:40

You will have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you won’t anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off.

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In The King James Version

Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

In Context

39You will plant vineyards and dress them, but you will neither drink of the wine, nor harvest, because worms will eat them.

41You will father sons and daughters, but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:15wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

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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