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Read Full Chapter (Deuteronomy 28) Deuteronomy 28:40-42 KJV
"Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume."
Deuteronomy Chapter 28, Verse 40-42
Deuteronomy 28:40-42 in Context (Verses 37–45 KJV)
37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
39
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
40
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
41
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.*
42
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.*
43
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
44
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: