Deu 27:15-26, 28:15, 30:19, Neh 9:16, 29, Psa 119:10, 110, 118, Isa 42:24 | TSK | STEP | Cursed be. maketh. an abomination. and putteth. And all. Amen.To each of the curses the people were to say Amen, as well as to the blessings; to denote a profession of their faith in the truth of them, that they were the real declarations of the wrath of God; and an acknowledgement of the equity of these curses. It was such an imprecation upon themselves, as strongly obliged them to have nothing to do with those evil practices on which the curse is entailed. We read of those who entered a curse to walk in God's law. Ne 10:29. All the people, by saying this Amen, became bound one for another, that they would observe God's laws, by which every man was obliged, as far as he could, to prevent his neighbour from breaking these laws, and to reprove those that had offended, lest they should bear sin and the curse for them.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

Cursed be.

28:16-19; Ge 9:25; 1Sa 26:19; Jer 11:3

maketh.

4:16-23; 5:8; Ex 20:4,23; 32:1-4; 34:17; Le 19:4; 26:1

Isa 44:9,10,17; Ho 13:2,3

an abomination.

29:17; 1Ki 11:5-7; 2Ki 23:13; 2Ch 33:2; Isa 44:19; Eze 7:20

Da 11:31; Mt 24:15; Re 17:4,5

and putteth.

Ge 31:19,34; 2Ki 17:19; Ps 44:20,21; Jer 23:24; Eze 8:7-12; 14:4

And all.

Nu 5:22; Jer 11:5; 28:6; Mt 6:13; 1Co 14:16

Amen.To each of the curses the people were to say Amen, as well as to the blessings; to denote a profession of their faith in the truth of them, that they were the real declarations of the wrath of God; and an acknowledgement of the equity of these curses. It was such an imprecation upon themselves, as strongly obliged them to have nothing to do with those evil practices on which the curse is entailed. We read of those who entered a curse to walk in God's law. Ne 10:29. All the people, by saying this Amen, became bound one for another, that they would observe God's laws, by which every man was obliged, as far as he could, to prevent his neighbour from breaking these laws, and to reprove those that had offended, lest they should bear sin and the curse for them.

21:18-21; Ex 20:12; 21:17; Le 19:3; Pr 30:11-17; Eze 22:7; Mt 15:4-6

19:14; Pr 22:28; 23:10,11

Le 19:14; Job 29:15; Pr 28:10; Isa 56:10; Mt 15:14; Re 2:14

10:18; 24:17; Ex 22:21-24; 23:2,8,9; Ps 82:2-4; Pr 17:23; 31:5

Mic 3:9; Mal 3:5

22:30; Ge 35:22; 49:4; Le 18:8; 20:11; 2Sa 16:22; 1Ch 5:1; Eze 22:10

Am 2:7; 1Co 5:1

Ex 22:19; Le 18:23; 20:15

Le 18:9; 20:17; 2Sa 13:1,8-14; Eze 22:11

Le 18:17; 20:14

19:11,12; Ex 20:13; 21:12-14; Le 24:17; Nu 35:31; 2Sa 3:27; 11:15-17

2Sa 12:9-12; 13:28; 20:9,10

10:17; 16:19; Ex 23:7,8; Ps 15:5; Pr 1:11-29; Eze 22:12,13

Mic 3:10,11; 7:2,3; Mt 26:15; 27:3,4; Ac 1:18

Cursed.

15; 28:15-68; Ps 119:21; Mt 25:41; 1Co 16:22

confirmeth.

Jer 11:3-5; Eze 18:24; Ro 3:19,20; 10:5; Ga 3:10

Deuteronomy 28:15

if thou wilt.

Le 26:14-46; La 2:17; Da 9:11-13; Mal 2:2; Ro 2:8,9

all these curses.The same variety of expression is used in these terrible curses, as in the preceding blessings, to intimate every kind of prosperity or adversity, personal, relative, and public. Consulting the marginal references will generally lead to the best exposition of the terms employed; and will frequently point out the fulfilment of the promises and threatenings.

2; 27:15-26; 29:20; Isa 3:11; Ga 3:10

Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven.

4:26; 31:28; 32:1; Isa 1:2; Jer 2:12,13; 22:29,30; Mic 6:1,2

1Ti 5:21

that I have.

15; 11:26

choose life.

Jos 24:15-22; Ps 119:30,111,173; Pr 1:29; 8:36; Isa 56:4; Lu 10:42

that both thou.

Jer 32:39; Ac 2:39

Nehemiah 9:16

dealt.

10,29; Ex 32:9; De 9:6,13,23,24,27; 32:15; Ps 78:8-72; 106:6

Isa 63:10; Jer 2:31; Ac 7:51

hardened.

De 31:27; 2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 30:8; 36:13; Ps 95:8-10; Pr 29:1; Isa 48:4

Jer 19:15; Ro 2:5; Heb 3:13,15

hearkened.

Ex 15:26; De 5:29; Ps 81:8,11-14; Isa 48:18There were two things to which the Israelites did not duly give heed, else they had not done as they did. The word of God they heard, but they gave no heed to God's commandments: and the works of God they saw, but were not mindful of his wonders. Had they really considered them as miracles, they would have obeyed from a principle of faith and holy fear: had they duly considered them as mercies, they would have obeyed from a principle of gratitude and holy love.