Deuteronomy 28:42

Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, pronouncing the covenant curses that will follow their disobedience before they enter the Promised Land. The words — The Hebrew verb יְיָרֵשׁ (ye.ya.Resh) literally means "it will take possession of," and הַצּלָצַל (ha.tze.la.Tzal) denotes "the locusts." The thread — This locust judgment recurs in Amos 7:1 as a divinely prepared scourge and parallels the agricultural loss detailed in Deuteronomy 28:38. Why it lands — The passage requires acknowledging that covenant obedience secures land's yield and that violation invites systematic, inescapable loss of provision.

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