37 You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.
37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
37 And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away.
37 Among all the peoples where God will take you, you'll be treated as a lesson or a proverb - a horror!
37 And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the Lord will drive you.
37 You will become an object of horror, ridicule, and mockery among all the nations to which the Lord sends you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:37
Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:15-44
(Read Deuteronomy 28:15-44)
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; he cannot take any true comfort in them, for the wrath of God mixes itself with them. Many judgments are here stated, which would be the fruits of the curse, and with which God would punish the people of the Jews, for their apostacy and disobedience. We may observe the fulfilling of these threatenings in their present state. To complete their misery, it is threatened that by these troubles they should be bereaved of all comfort and hope, and left to utter despair. Those who walk by sight, and not by faith, are in danger of losing reason itself, when every thing about them looks frightful.