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Deuteronomy 28:48 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:48 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 48 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Deuteronomy 28:48 (KJV)
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Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:48
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies—the Hebrew ʿāḇaḏ (עָבַד) means not mere labor but enslaved servitude. Israel would trade the yoke of God's law (which is freedom) for a yoke of iron (בְּעֹל בַּרְזֶל, bǝʿōl barzel)—unbreakable, crushing bondage. The prophesied conditions—hunger, thirst, nakedness, want of all things—became horrifyingly literal under Assyrian (722 BC), Babylonian (586 BC), and Roman (AD 70) sieges.The covenant reversal is complete: God's people who were delivered from slavery would be delivered to slavery. This verse introduces the most severe curses (vv. 48-68), where t...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Deuteronomy 28:48
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“and tell Hananiah”
“Son of man”
“to burn incense to the queen of the sky”
“and in your great goodness that you gave them”
“because of the evil of your doings”
“Our houses to aliens.”
“Don't you know what these things mean? tell them”
“I watch over them for evil”
“I profaned my inheritance”
“saying”