Deuteronomy 28:16
'Cursed [art] thou in the city, and cursed [art] thou in the field.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
In Context
17'Cursed [is] thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
Genesis 8:21and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, 'I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;
Deuteronomy 28:55against giving to one of them of the flesh of his sons whom he eateth, because he hath nothing left to him, in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee in all thy gates.
1 Kings 17:5And he goeth and doth according to the word of Jehovah, yea, he goeth and dwelleth by the brook Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan,
Job 24:18Light he [is] on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
Isaiah 24:6Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.
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 →