Deuteronomy 28:42
All thy trees, and the fruit of thy ground, shall the grasshopper, devour.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
In Context
41Sons and daughters, shalt thou beget, and they shall not be thine, for they shall go into captivity.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:38Much seed, shalt thou take out into the field,—and little, shalt thou gather in, for the locust shall consume it.
Amos 4:9I have smitten you with blight and with mildew, When your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees have increased, the creeping locust would devour them,—Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.
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 →