Deuteronomy 28:18Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
אָר֥וּר פְּרִֽי־בִטְנְךָ֖ וּפְרִ֣י אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ שְׁגַ֥ר אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ וְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹת צֹאנֶֽךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Lev 26:26After I shall have broken the staff of your bread: so that ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and give it out by weight: and you shall eat, and shall not be filled,
- Lev 26:19And I will break the pride of your stubbornness: and I will make to you the heaven above as iron, and the earth as brass.
- Lev 26:20Your labour shall be spent in vain: the ground shall not bring forth her increase: nor the trees yield their fruit.
- Hab 3:17For the fig tree shall not blossom: and there shall be no spring in the vines. The labour of the olive tree shall fail: and the fields shall yield no food: the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.
- Deut 28:4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the droves of thy herds, and the folds of thy sheep.
- Deut 5:9Thou shalt not adore them, and thou shalt not serve them. For I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their children unto the third and fourth generation, to them that hate me,
- Job 18:16Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
- Job 18:19His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.