And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
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Gill's Exposition
In the morning thou shalt say, would God it were even,.... Wishing they might get through the day well, fearing their life would be taken away before night, or some sad calamity befall them before the…
The curses correspond in form and number Deu 28:15-19 to the blessings Deu 28:3-6, and the special modes in which these threats should be executed are described in five groups of denunciations Deut.…
One would have thought that enough had been said to possess them with a dread of that wrath of God which is revealed from heaven against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. But to show how…
Cambridge Bible
rejoiced over you, etc.] Cp. Deu 8:16; Deu 30:9. Rejoiceor exult, found only in exilic or post-exilic passages.
to multiply you See on Deu 1:10; Deu 7:13.
rejoice … to destroy you This rhetorical…
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