38 You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it.
38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
38 You shall carry much seed into the field and shall gather in little, for the locust shall consume it.
38 You'll plant sacks and sacks of seed in the field but get almost nothing - the grasshoppers will devour it.
38 You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.
38 "You will plant much but harvest little, for locusts will eat your crops.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:38
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.