36: The Curse: the termination of the relationship (Deut 28:47 – 68)

If they keep disobeying the Lord, He will make them return to Egypt and revoke the covenantal relationship.

πŸ‘‰ Read Deuteronomy 28:47 - 68

“Because you have not served the Lord (             ) joyfully with the (               ) of everything you have, instead in (              ) you will serve your (              ).”

Your God, abundance, poverty (or hunger), enemy


The Lord will raise a distant nation that Israel has never thought of (verse 49). 

They thought Babylon would not attack them because it was far. They tried to escape the threat of Assyria using the power of Babylon. However, they were destroyed by Babylon.

Even though your life seems secure, God could raise His stick to discipline you. Revere the Lord.


The foreign army will destroy everything without mercy (verses           ). 

50 -51


Yes, this will happen in the (           ) the Lord has given them. They will even eat their children given by (              ) (verses 52-53). 

land, the Lord

They were looted and destroyed in the promised land. This could not happen unless the Lord planned it.


The severity of the siege will deprive their human dignity. (verses           ).

54 – 57

A decent person will become a beast fighting over food because of the hardship. Just like a trauma destroys a person's mind. That much the affliction will be severe on that day.


If they keep disobeying the Lord, He will smite them with the plagues of (           ). Only a few of them will be left and uprooted from the promised (            ), which is reversal of the blessing. (verses         ).

Egypt, land, verses 58 – 63


They will be scattered among nations. There, while serving unknown (            ), they will have no (             ) because they will not be sure about the survival of (                 ) (verses 64 – 67).

Gods, rest, tomorrow

Threatening of life won't let them rest.


The Lord will make them return to (               ), though He had said they would never see it. (verse 68)

Egypt

The fact that the Lord revokes his saying of not returning to Egypt implies that the covenant is terminated. They will end up in a worse situation than before the Exodus.


Other notes

Verses 58 – 68 illustrate the Lord will terminate the covenantal relationship with them, one by one.

The ultimate curse is terminating your relationship with the Lord, not poverty.

In Israel's history, the people who were left at Judah when the Babylonian army took captives to Babylon went down to Egypt. there, they served the gods of the Sun, Moon, and stars and were later killed by the Babylonian army.

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