Deuteronomy 28:18
Cursed, shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground—the young of thy kine and the ewes of thy flock:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
17Cursed, shall be thy basket, and thy kneading-trough:
19Cursed, shalt thou be, when thou comest in,—and, cursed, shalt thou be, when thou goest out:
Cross References
Leviticus 26:19So will I break your pomp of power, And will set your heavens as iron, and your land as bronze;
Deuteronomy 5:9thou shalt not bow thyself down to them nor be led to serve them,—for, I Yahweh thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons even unto three generations and unto four, unto them that hate me;
Deuteronomy 28:16Cursed, shalt thou be in the city,—and cursed, shalt thou be in the field:
Psalms 109:9Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;
Lamentations 2:20See, O Yahweh, and do consider, to whom thou hast acted thus severely,—Will women, devour, their own fruit—the children they have dandled? Shall priest and prophet, be slain in the sanctuary of My Lord?
Hosea 9:12Yea, though they rear their children, yet will I make them childless, till there be no human being,—for it is, nothing less than woe, to them when I depart from 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 →