Deuteronomy 28:17

Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, pronouncing covenant consequences before they cross the Jordan. The words — אָר֥וּר ('a.Rur) means [will be] cursed, while טַנְאֲ/ךָ֖ (tan.'a./Kha) and וּ/מִשְׁאַרְתֶּֽ/ךָ (u./mish.'ar.Te./kha) denote your basket and your kneading trough. The thread — This verse reverses Deuteronomy 28:5, where those same items are blessed, and parallels the labor frustration in Haggai 1:6 and the judgment imagery of Psalm 69:22. Why it lands — The text states that daily provisions will be under a curse, demanding a reader acknowledge that covenant faithfulness directly governs ordinary sustenance and economic stability.

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The Hebrew words

אָר֥וּר'a.Rur[will be] cursed טַנְאֲךָ֖tan.'a./Khabasket/ your וּמִשְׁאַרְתֶּֽךָ׃u./mish.'ar.Te./khaand/ kneading trough/ your

King James Version

Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:5 Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.
Haggai 1:6 You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
Psalms 69:22 May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
Proverbs 1:32 For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Zechariah 5:3 Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
Malachi 2:2 If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
Luke 16:25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.