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Deuteronomy 28 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 28, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Deuteronomy 28 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
פְּרִי pᵉrîy H6529 13 fruit
נָתַן nâthan H5414 17 give, put
אֲדָמָה ʼădâmâh H127 9 soil
שָׁמַד shâmad H8045 7 desolate
אֹיֵב ʼôyêb H341 8 hating, adversary
בָּרַךְ bârak H1288 8 kneel, bless
אָרַר ʼârar H779 6 execrate

How preachers through history handled this text

8 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 28, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Calvin 2 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which includes all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Observe the justice of this curse. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. The extent and power of this curse. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows; wherever he is, it rests upon him. Whatever he has is under a curse. All his enjoyments are made bitter; …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 28:15–44 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Deut 28:27

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