the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Deuteronomy 28:3
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You will be blessed in the cityand blessed in the country.
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
"You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.
"You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.
"Blessed will you be in the city, and blessed will you be in the country.
Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, & blessed also in the fielde.
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
"A blessing on you in the city, and a blessing on you in the countryside.
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
"He will bless you in the city and in the field.
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
"The Lord will bless your towns and your fields.
You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.
Blessed shalt thou be in the towne, and blessed in the felde.
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.
Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, and blessed in the fielde
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Blessed shalt thou bee in the citie, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
Thou schalt be blessid in citee, and blessid in feeld;
`Blessed [art] thou in the city, and blessed [art] thou in the field.
Blessed you shall be in the city, and blessed you shall be in the field.
Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
Your towns and your fields will be blessed.
Good will come to you in the city, and good will come to you in the country.
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
Blessed shalt, thou be in the city, - and blessed shalt thou be in the field:
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed in the field.
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
in the city: Psalms 107:36, Psalms 107:37, Psalms 128:1-5, Psalms 144:12-15, Isaiah 65:21-23, Zechariah 8:3-5
in the field: Genesis 26:12, Genesis 39:5, Amos 9:13, Amos 9:14, Haggai 2:19, Malachi 3:10, Malachi 3:11
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:21 - I will Deuteronomy 7:13 - he will also Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the city Isaiah 65:23 - shall Mark 10:16 - General
Cross-References
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.
God said to Noah and his sons: I am giving you my blessing. Have a lot of children and grandchildren, so people will live everywhere on this earth.
I will give you more descendants than there are specks of dust on the earth, and someday it will be easier to count the specks of dust than to count your descendants.
They gave Rebekah their blessing and said, "We pray that God will give you many children and grandchildren and that he will help them defeat their enemies."
Isaac called in Jacob, then gave him a blessing, and said: Don't marry any of those Canaanite women.
Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and had warned him not to marry any of the Canaanite women. He also learned that Jacob had been sent to find a wife in northern Syria
Then Jacob became frightened and said, "This is a fearsome place! It must be the house of God and the ladder to heaven."
When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the rock that he had used for a pillow and stood it up for a place of worship. Then he poured olive oil on the rock to dedicate it to God,
His second son was named Ephraim, which means "God has made me a success in the land where I suffered."
When you go in to see the governor, I pray that God All-Powerful will be good to you and that the governor will let your other brother and Benjamin come back home with you. If I must lose my children, I suppose I must.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city,.... Not only in the city of Jerusalem, where the temple would be built, and there be blessed with the service, worship, and ordinances of God, but in all other cities of the land; where they should dwell in title, large, and spacious houses, and their cities should be walled and fenced, and be very populous; yet should enjoy health, and have plenty of all sorts of provisions brought unto them, as well as prosper in all kinds of merchandise there, as Aben Ezra notes:
and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field; in the country villages, and in all rural employments, in sowing and planting, as the same writer observes; in all kinds of husbandry, in the culture of the fields for corn, and of vineyards and oliveyards; all should prosper and succeed, and bring forth fruit abundantly.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A comparison of this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26:0 will show how Moses here resumes and amplifies the promises and threats already set forth in the earlier records of the Law. The language rises in this chapter to the sublimest strains, especially in the latter part of it; and the prophecies respecting the dispersion and degradation of the Jewish nation in its later days are among the most remarkable in scripture. They are plain, precise, and circumstantial; and the fulfillment of them has been literal, complete, and undeniable.
The Blessing. The six repetitions of the word “blessed” introduce the particular forms which the blessing would take in the various relations of life.
Deuteronomy 28:5
The “basket” or bag was a customary means in the East for carrying about whatever might be needed for personal uses (compare Deuteronomy 26:2; John 13:29).
The “store” is rather the kneading-trough Exodus 8:3; Exodus 12:34. The blessings here promised relate, it will be observed, to private and personal life: in Deuteronomy 28:7 those which are of a more public and national character are brought forward.
Deuteronomy 28:9
The oath with which God vouchsafed to confirm His promises to the patriarchs (compare Genesis 22:16; Hebrews 6:13-14) contained by implication these gifts of holiness and eminence to Israel (compare the marginal references).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Deuteronomy 28:3. In the city — In all civil employments. In the field - in all agricultural pursuits.
