Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Deuteronomy 28

Deu 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

to observe and to do all his commandments

Exo 15:26; Lev 26:3; Isa 55:2.

Deu 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee

Deu 28:15; Zec 1:6.

Deu 28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

command the blessing upon thee

Lev 25:21.

Deu 28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

called by the name of the LORD

Num 6:27; 2Ch 7:14; Isa 63:19;Dan 9:18, 19.

Deu 28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

the head, and not the tail

Isa 9:14, 15.

Deu 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God

Lev 26:14; Dan 9:11, 13; Mal 2:2.

Deu 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.

shall send upon thee cursing

Mal 2:2.

vexation

1Sa 14:20; Zec 14:13.

rebuke

Isa 30:17; 51:20; 66:15.

Deu 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.

with blasting, and with mildew

Amo 4:9.

Deu 28:28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

The LORD shall smite thee

Times of the Gentiles. vs. 28, 49-52, 63-68; 2Ki 18:9-12. (Luk 21:24; Rev 16:19.)

Deu 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.

unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known

2Ki 17:4, 6; 24:12, 14; 25:7, 11; 2Ch 33:11; 36:6, 20.

Deu 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword

1Ki 9:7, 8; Jer 24:9; 25:9; Zec 8:13.

Deu 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.

he shall be the head

Deu 28:13; Lam 1:5.

Deu 28:46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

for a sign and for a wonder

Isa 8:18; Eze 14:8.

Deu 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.

put a yoke of iron upon thy neck

Jer 28:14.

Deu 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;

Times of the Gentiles. vs. 49-68; Dan 2:29-45. (Luk 21:24; Rev 16:19.)

as swift as the eagle flieth

Jer 48:40; 49:22; Lam 4:19; Eze 17:3, 12; Hos 8:1.

Deu 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.

trustedst

Scofield Psalms 2:12, note.

Deu 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:

the fruit of thine own body

2Ki 6:28, 29.

Deu 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;

Israel (history), vs. 58-68; Deu 30:1-7. (Gen 12:2, 3; Rom 11:26.)

fear

Scofield Psalms 19:9, note.

THE LORD THY GOD

Exo 6:3.

Deu 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.

as the stars of heaven

Deu 10:22; Neh 9:23.

Deu 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.

the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you

Isa 1:24.

Deu 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.

the LORD shall scatter thee

Jer 16:13.

Deu 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:

among these nations shalt thou find no ease

Amo 9:4.