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Deuteronomy 28:17

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 28:17 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
Deuteronomy 28:17 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 28

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
14and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
16Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.
19Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
20Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“28:17 If they disobeyed the commands of the covenant, Israel could expect God to judge them with the curse of agricultural barrenness (cp. 28:5).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Deu 28:5; Psa 69:22; Pro 1:32; Hag 1:6; Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4; Mal 2:2; Luk 16:25 Deuteronomy 28:18”
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