What Does Deuteronomy 28:1 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“And it shall come to pass if thou shalt hearken”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“And it shall come to pass if thou shalt hearken”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“unto the voice”

a voice or sound

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thy God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“to observe”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

“and to do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all his commandments”

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

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“which I command”

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

“thee this day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“will set”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thy God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“thee on high”

an elevation, i.e., (adjectively) lofty (comparatively); as title, the supreme

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“above all nations”

a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

“of the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)