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Deuteronomy 28:43 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:43 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 43 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.”
Deuteronomy 28:43 (KJV)
Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:43
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. Complete reversal of promised social order—the ger (sojourner/alien) who should have dwelt under Israel's blessing would instead rise above them. The contrast very high/very low emphasizes extreme status reversal. Where Deuteronomy 28:1 promised Israel would be "set on high above all nations," now foreigners within their own land would dominate them.This curse reverses Genesis 12:3's promise that nations would be blessed through Abraham's seed. Instead, the stranger prospers while covenant pe...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Deuteronomy 28:43
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“and not the tail; and you shall be above only”
“Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:”
“and afflicted them”
“Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. Therefore the Jews said to him”
“I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides”
“and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines”
“But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD”
“as he spoke by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.”
“and served the Baals;”
“and all the princes”