The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail,.... Give them dominion over others, and not make them subject to them; the head signifies rulers and governors, and the tail the common people…
A comparison of this chapter with Exo 23:20-23 and Lev. 26 will show how Moses here resumes and amplifies the promises and threats already set forth in the earlier records of the Law. The language…
The blessings are here put before the curses, to intimate, 1. That God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy: he has said it, and sworn, that he would much rather we would obey and live than sin…
Cambridge Bible
his good treasury the heaven As in R.V. marg. Cp. Gen 1:7; Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2; Job 38:22 (treasuries of snow and hail); Jer 10:13; Book of Enoch, 60:11 22. On the rainsee Deu 11:11; Deu 11:17; on the…
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