Deuteronomy 28:1

“And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, etc.] In his law, and by his prophets: to observe [and] to do all his commandments, which I command thee this day; for without observing them to do them, hearing them would be to little purpose, and they were all of them to be observed and done, the lesser and weightier matters of the law as they were commanded by Moses in the name of the Lord, and as they would be taught, explained, and enforced by the prophets: that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: as they were in the times of David and Solomon; (see Gill on “<052619>Deuteronomy 26:19”).”

“THE BLESSINGS FOR OBEDIENCE. (Deu. 28:1-68) if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God--In this chapter the blessings and curses are enumerated at length, and in various minute details, so that on the first entrance of the Israelites into the land of promise, their whole destiny was laid before them, as it was to result from their obedience or the contrary.”

“A comparison of this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26:0 will show how Moses here resumes and amplifies the promises and threats already set forth in the earlier records of the Law. The language rises in this chapter to the sublimest strains, especially in the latter part of it; and the prophecies respecting the dispersion and degradation of the Jewish nation in its later days are among the most remarkable in scripture. They are plain, precise, and circumstantial; and the fulfillment of them has been literal, complete, and undeniable. The Blessing. The six repetitions of the word “blessed” introduce the particular forms which the blessing would take in the various relations of…”

“28:1-68 This section presents the conditions for receiving the covenant blessing, the nature of the blessings (28:1-14), and the curses that will come if these mandates are ignored or disobeyed (28:15-68).”

“If thou shalt: Deu 11:13, Deu 15:5, Deu 27:1; Exo 15:26; Lev 26:3-13; Psa 106:3, Psa 111:10; Isa 1:19; Isa 3:10, Isa 55:2, Isa 55:3; Jer 11:4, Jer 12:16, Jer 17:24; Luk 11:28 to do all: Psa 119:6, Psa 119:128; Luk 1:6; Joh 15:14; Gal 3:10; Jam 2:10, Jam 2:11 will set: Deu 26:19; Psa 91:14, Psa 148:14; Luk 9:48; Rom 2:7 Deuteronomy 28:2”

“For the purpose of impressing upon the hearts of all the people in the most emphatic manner both the blessing which Israel was to proclaim upon Gerizim, and the curse which it was to proclaim upon Ebal, Moses now unfolds the blessing of fidelity to the law and the curse of transgression in a longer address, in which he once more resumes, sums up, and expands still further the promises and threats of the law in Exo 23:20-33, and Lev 26. Deu 28:1-6 The Blessing. - Deu 28:1. If Israel would hearken to the voice of the Lord its God, the Lord would make it the highest of all the nations of the earth. This thought, with which the discourse on the law in Deu 26:19 terminated, forms the theme, and…”