Deuteronomy 28:38 KJV
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
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Thompson Chains
- BarrennessSee the chain from Genesis 4:12 · 6 links
- LocustsLink 3 of 6 · next 1 Kings 8:37
Parallel Passages
- Micah 6:15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Joel 1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
- Micah 6:15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
- Haggai 1:6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
- Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
- Exodus 10:14–15 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. …
- Isaiah 5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
- Joel 2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
- Amos 4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
- Amos 7:1–2 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. …
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Dispensation of God
- Backsliders General scriptures concerning
- Disobedience to God Denunciations against
- Famine Sent as a judgment
- Holy spirit Israelites
- Idolatry Denunciations against
- Judgments Denounced against disobedience
- Locust Devastation by
- Obedience Enjoined
- Reprobacy General scriptures concerning
- Reverence A motive of obedience
- War God uses, as a judgment
- Wicked (people) Punishment of
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Strong’s Numbers
- Thou shalt carry יָצָא yâtsâʼ
- much רַב rab
- seed זֶרַע zeraʻ
- out יָצָא yâtsâʼ
- into the field שָׂדֶה sâdeh
- and shalt gather אָסַף ʼâçaph
- little מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ
- in אָסַף ʼâçaph
- for the locust אַרְבֶּה ʼarbeh
- shall consume חָסַל châçal
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