Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 28:19
You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses Israel regarding covenant obedience and disobedience, placing this declaration immediately after warnings about agricultural and livestock loss and before a promise of divine confusion until destruction. The words — אָר֥וּר ('a.Rur) = [will be] cursed [H779] and בְּ/בֹאֶ֑/ךָ (be./vo.'E./kha) = when/ coming/ you [H935] establish the verse's core assertion that judgment covers every direction of daily movement. The thread — The paired structure of coming and going directly inverts the blessing formula of Deuteronomy 28:6, while the resulting loss of security parallels the lawless conditions recorded in Judges 5:6 and 2 Chronicles 15:5. Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that covenant violation eliminates protection from routine activities, making every action subject to the consequences of forsaking the covenant.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 28:6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
- Judges 5:6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
- 2 Chronicles 15:5 In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.