seekeroftruth
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Deuteronomy 28:36 The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone. 37 You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.
38 You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it. 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. 40 You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off. 41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity. 42 Swarms of locusts will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.
43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower. 44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.
38 You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it. 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. 40 You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off. 41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity. 42 Swarms of locusts will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.
43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower. 44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.
This is from the easy English site.
There are blessings in the first part of the chapter. But these events in these verses are the opposite of those blessings. There would be very big problems with the country’s trade and supply of money. Insects called locusts fly in huge groups. And they very quickly eat everything in a field that is full of crops. Worms would eat the plants that produce grapes. The olives would fall off the trees before they were ripe. Enemies would take the children of the Israelites. Those children would probably have to work very hard on farms in the enemy’s country. The ‘foreigner’ may refer to the Canaanites. They used to live in the country that God gave to the Israelites. Perhaps they could now enjoy the country again. God would take away his blessings from Israel because his people did not obey him.
Apparently the authors of the commentaries don't much like these verses. Either that, or the they don't like what the verses tell them. It's a horrible life for the Israelites. This is going to come true. This is what happens in the Book of Daniel for sure. A king they will elect.... heck, Moses hadn't discussed a king for Israel. They weren't a kingdom.... they were tribes.
The Israelites were about to enter Canaan and fight the giants. Here Moses is telling them that they will be taken captive and loose everything they haven't gained yet in a sermon about a king they would have while they are just learning to build using the tribal system. I wonder if by now the people have kind of gone into speech comas. You know... that feeling you get when the speaker is going on and on and on and on and you start thinking about what color grass really is.....
