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Deuteronomy 28:3
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses Israel regarding the covenant blessings that will follow their obedience, as introduced in Deuteronomy 28:2. This verse specifies that those blessings will apply to them in both settled and rural environments.
The words — The Hebrew term בָּר֥וּךְ (ba.Rukh) denotes being blessed, appearing twice to emphasize comprehensive coverage. It is applied to אַתָּ֖ה ('a.Tah), the second-person singular "you," in both בָּ/עִ֑יר (ba./'Ir), the city, and בַּ/שָּׂדֶֽה\׃ (ba./sa.Deh), the open country.
The thread — This motif of comprehensive blessing echoes in Genesis 39:5, where the LORD blesses a household, and Psalm 144:12, which describes the flourishing of families. It contrasts with Haggai 2:19, where agricultural yields have not yet appeared.
Why it lands — The text declares that obedience results in tangible blessing across all living environments, without distinguishing between urban and rural life. It calls the reader to recognize that covenant faithfulness affects every sphere of daily existence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Cross-references
- Genesis 39:5 From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
- Psalms 144:12 Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
- Haggai 2:19 Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
- Genesis 26:12 Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
- Psalms 107:36 He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
- Psalms 128:1 A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
- Isaiah 65:21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Malachi 3:10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
- Amos 9:13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
- Zechariah 8:3 This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”