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Deuteronomy 28:43 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 28 · verse 43
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.Deuteronomy 28:43 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 28:43 in context
41Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
42All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
43The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
44He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45Moreover 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- strangergêrproperly, a guestH1616 →
- withinqerebproperly, the nearest partH7130 →
- highmaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from…H4605 →
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Having viewed the bright side of the cloud, which is towards the obedient, we have now presented to us the dark side, which is towards the disobedient.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-44