"Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field."
(I guess you'll be cursed just about wherever you go.)
| 28:17
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. |
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| 28:18
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. |
"Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body."
But other verses claim that children are not to be punished for the sins of their parents.
Are we punished for the sins of others?
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| 28:19
Cursed shalt thou be
when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. |
"Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out."
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| 28:20
The LORD shall send
upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand
unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly;
because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
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(28:20-22) God will send you
"cursing, vexing, the pestilence, consumption, fever, inflammation, extreme
burning, the sword, blasting, and mildew."
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| 28:21
The LORD shall make
the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off
the land, whither thou goest to possess it. |
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| 28:22
The LORD shall smite
thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and
with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with
mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. |
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| 28:23
And thy heaven that is
over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be
iron. |
"And thy heaven that is over thy head
shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron."
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| 28:24
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven
shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. |
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| 28:25
The LORD shall cause
thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against
them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the
kingdoms of the earth. |
(28:25-26) "And thy carcass shall be meat to
all the fowls of the air."
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| 28:26
And thy carcase
shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth,
and no man shall fray them away. |
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| 28:27
The LORD will smite
thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods,
and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou
canst not be healed. |
(28:27-29) "The Lord will smite thee with the
botch of Egypt, and the emerods [hemorrhoids], and with the scab, and with the
itch, whereof thou canst be healed. The Lord will smite thee with madness, and
blindness, and astonishment of heart ... and no man will save thee."
What the Bible says about hemorrhoids and
blind people
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| 28:28
The LORD shall
smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
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| 28:29
And thou shalt grope
at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in
thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man
shall save thee. |
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| 28:30
Thou shalt betroth a
wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and
thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not
gather the grapes thereof. |
"Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her."
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| 28:31
Thine ox shall be
slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be
violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to
thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none
to rescue them. |
"Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes."
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| 28:32
Thy sons and thy
daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look,
and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might
in thine hand. |
"Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people."
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| 28:33
The fruit of thy land,
and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou
shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: |
(28:33-34) You will be enslaved and driven mad in
another country.
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| 28:34
So that thou shalt be
mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. |
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| 28:35
The LORD shall smite
thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed,
from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. |
"The Lord will smite thee in the knees,
and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy
foot unto the top of thy head."
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| 28:36
The LORD shall bring
thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which
neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other
gods, wood and stone. |
(28:36-40)
You will be ruled by other nations, forced to serve other
gods, become a laughingstock among your neighbors, have your crops destroyed by locusts, your vines
eaten by worms, and have fruitless olive trees.
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| 28:37
And thou shalt become
an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD
shall lead thee. |
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| 28:38
Thou shalt carry much
seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust
shall consume it. |
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| 28:39
Thou shalt plant
vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather
the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. |
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| 28:40
Thou shalt have olive
trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the
oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. |
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| 28:41
Thou shalt beget
sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into
captivity. |
"Thou shalt begat sons and daughters,
but thou shall not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity."
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| 28:42
All thy trees and
fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. |
Locusts will destroy your trees and fruit.
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| 28:43
The stranger that is
within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very
low. |
(28:43-44) "The stranger that is within thee
shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low ... he
shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail."
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| 28:44
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and
thou shalt be the tail.
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| 28:45
Moreover all these
curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till
thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD
thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
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(28:45-46) "All these curses shall come upon thee ... and upon thy seed for ever."
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| 28:46
And they shall be upon
thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. |
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| 28:47
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with
gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; |
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| 28:48
Therefore shalt thou
serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and
in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a
yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. |
(28:48-52) God will enslave you and destroy you with hunger, thirst, hardship,
and all kinds of deprivation.
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| 28:49
The LORD shall bring a
nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the
eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; |
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| 28:50
A nation of fierce
countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour
to the young: |
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| 28:51
And he shall eat the
fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed:
which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase
of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. |
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| 28:52
And he shall besiege
thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein
thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all
thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. |
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| 28:53
And thou shalt eat
the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters,
which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the
straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: |
(28:53-55) "And thou shalt eat the fruit of
thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters."
What the Bible says about cannibalism,
children, and God
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| 28:54
So that the man that
is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his
brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his
children which he shall leave: |
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| 28:55
So that he will not
give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat:
because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness,
wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. |
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| 28:56
The tender and
delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her
foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be
evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her
daughter, |
(28:56-57)
"The tender and delicate woman"
will be forced to eat her own children "that cometh out from between her feet."
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| 28:57
And toward her
young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children
which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things
secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress
thee in thy gates. |
What the Bible says about cannibalism
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| 28:58
If thou wilt not
observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that
thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; |
(28:58-64)
"The LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you."
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| 28:59
Then the LORD will
make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues,
and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. |
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| 28:60
Moreover he will bring
upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they
shall cleave unto thee. |
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| 28:61
Also every sickness,
and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will
the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. |
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| 28:62
And ye shall be left
few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because
thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. |
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| 28:63
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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| 28:64
And the LORD shall
scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the
other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy
fathers have known, even wood and stone. |
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| 28:65
And among these
nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have
rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of
eyes, and sorrow of mind: |
(28:55-67)
"The LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of
eyes, and sorrow of mind."
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| 28:66
And thy life shall
hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have
none assurance of thy life: |
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| 28:67
In the morning thou
shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it
were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for
the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. |
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| 28:68
And the LORD shall
bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto
thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold
unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. |
God will have you sold to your enemies -- but even they won't buy you.
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