Deuteronomy 28:18

Deu 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.

Ver. 18. {See Trapp on "Deu 28:15"}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee,.... Not only to come upon them; but to continue with them:

until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it; which shows that this respects not some particular seasons, when the pestilence came and continued awhile, and then ceased, as in the times of David; but when it became more general, and issued with other judgments in the utter consumption of them, as at the destruction of Jerusalem, both by the Babylonians and the Romans; at what times the pestilence raged and remained, until by that and other sore judgments the land was wholly depopulated.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

General Information:

Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: Forms of You)

General Information:

These phrases appeared earlier in the chapter. See how you translated many of these words in Deuteronomy 28:3-4 and Deuteronomy 28:5-6.

Cursed will be

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Yahweh will curse" (See: Active or Passive)

the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground

This is an idiom for "your children, your crops." See how you translated this in Deuteronomy 28:4. (See: Idiom)

the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock

This doublet is two ways of saying that Yahweh will make the Israelites' animals many and strong. AT: "the calves of the cattle and the lambs of the flocks" (See: Doublet)

when you come in ... when you go out

This merism refers to all of life's activities everywhere they go. See how you translated this in Deuteronomy 28:6 (See: Merism)

translationWords

curse

body

flocks

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

In the blessings he mentioned first the fruit of thy body and afterwards thy basket and thy kneading-trough, Verse 5. for the fruit of the body is the best and most beloved, but in the curses he delayed it [mentioning first thy basket and thy kneading-trough in Verse 17, and the fruit of thy body in Verse 18] because the punishment extends first to a man’s possessions, and, if he does not repent, it reaches the fruit of his body. Similarly, in the blessings he mentioned first the smiting of the enemies before the blessing in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, Verse 8. for triumph over the enemy is the honor and necessity for them in the conquest of the lands, and their dwelling safely among the peoples. And in the curses he mentioned first the diminishing in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do and delayed their being smitten before the enemies, Verse 25. for this is the punishment that would reach them afterwards — and in the end they would be exiled., Verse 68.

Ramban (Nachmanides) on the Tanakh — English translation: “Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.