Review & Intro: These last chapters have been about giving the Lord thanksgiving for all the good that He brings to us. Israel needed to continue to serve Him with a glad heart and thankfulness for all that He had done for them. Chapter 28 warns them of the curses that will come to them if they forsake Him to serve and worship other gods. It is a long chapter and full of things we would rather not think come from God. It is not what He prefers to do to His children; He wanted to give them only good things.
Deuteronomy Chapter 28 - Observation Questions
1. What would the Lord do for Israel if they were careful to obey all that the Lord commanded them in the land they were entering to possess? vs. 1
2. All the listed blessings would not only "come upon them"; what else would they do if they obeyed the Lord? vs. 2
3. They would be blessed in the city. Where else would they be blessed? vs. 3
4. What would be the condition of the offspring of their body and the produce of their land? vs. 4
5. What would be the condition of the offspring of their beasts and their herd and flocks? vs. 4
6. Their basket and their kneading bowl would be blessed. (vs.5) ... They would be blessed when they came in and when they went out. (vs. 6)
7. What would the Lord do for them when their enemies rose up against them? vs. 7
8. What else would the Lord bless? vs. 8 - Name 3 things
9. What would the Lord establish them as if they would keep His commandments? vs. 9
10. What would all the peoples of the earth see and how would they react? vs. 10
11. What three things would the Lord cause to abound in prosperity for them? vs. 11 - Name 3 things
12. The Lord would open His good storehouse in the heavens and give rain to their land in its season and bless all the work of their hands. (vs.12) ... Fill in these blanks: " You shall _____ to many nations, but you shall not ______" (vs.12) ... "The Lord will make you the ______ and not the _____, an dyou will be _____, and you will not be underneath, if you _______ to the commandments of the Lord and observe them carefully." (vs.13)
13. What did turning aside or away really mean they would be doing? vs. 14
Note: This was an absolute turning from serving the true God to going after other gods and serving them. Complete apostasy.
14. If they did turn away to serve other gods and did not follow the Lord in the things that He had asked them to do in order to love and serve Him, what would overtake them instead of the blessings? vs. 15
15. They would be cursed instead of blessed in the city and in the country (vs.16). Their basket and kneading bowl would be cursed instead of blessed. (vs.17)....Instead of blessed, their offspring and that of their beasts would be cursed. (vs.18) ... Rather than blessed, they would be cursed when they came in and when they went out. (vs.19). ... What would the Lord send upon them until they were destroyed and perished because of the evil of their deeds in forsaking Him? vs. 20 - Name 3 things
16. What things would the Lord bring upon them to cause them to perish from the land He had given them? vs.21,22 - Name 8 things
17. He would not send any rain to bless their land. Instead heaven would be like bronze to them and the earth would be like iron. (vs.23)... What would the rain be like until they were destroyed? vs. 24
18. The Lord would cause them to be defeated before their enemies. What would they become an example of to all the kingdoms of earth? vs. 25
19. Their carcasses would be food for the birds and the beasts. (vs.26) ... What would the Lord smite them with? - vs. 27 - Name 4 things they could not be healed from -
20. The Lord would also smite them with madness and blindness. What would their heart be like? vs. 28
21. They would grope at noon and not prosper in their ways. What 2 things would they experience continually with none to save them? vs. 29
22. Fill in the blanks: They would betroth a wife, but another man would ______ her; they would build a house, but they would not _____ in it; they would plant a vineyard, but they would not use its _____. (vs.30) ... Their ox would be slaughtered before their eyes, but they would not _____ it; their donkey would be torn from them, and would not be ______ to them; their sheep would be given to their _______and they would have no one to save them." (vs.31) ... Their sons and daughters would be given to ________people, while their eyes looked on and yearned for them _________; but there would be nothing they could do." (vs.32).
23. What would a people who they did not know do to their produce and labors? vs. 33
24. What condition would they be in continually? vs. 33
25. They would be driven mad by what they saw (vs.34) ...** I guess so** .. What would the Lord strike them with on the knees and the legs from the sole of their foot to the crown of the head? vs. 35
26. Where would the Lord bring them and the king they had chosen to be over them to? vs. 36
27. What would they serve in that nation? vs. 36
28. Name 3 things they would become to the people where the Lord would drive them. vs. 37 - Name 3
29. Finish the "You shall" sentences from the verses below (more words to Israel if they were to forsake God for other gods)
vs.38 - "You shall ... bring out much seed to the field, but ...
vs.39 - "You shall ... plant and cultivate vineyards, but ...
vs.40 - "You shall ... have olive trees throughout your territory, but ...
vs.41 - "You shall ... have sons and daughters, but ...
30. What would happen to all their trees and the produce of their ground? vs. 42 -
31. How would those in Israel change places with the aliens among them? vs. 43 -
32. Who would be the one to borrow? Who would be the tail? vs. 43,44 -
33. All these curses would come upon them and pursue them and overtake them until they were destroyed. Why would this happen to them? vs. 45 -
34. This would become a sign and wonder on them and their descendants forever. (vs.46) What did they fail to do? vs. 47
35. Because of their ungrateful and unbelieving hearts, they would serve their enemies whom the Lord would send against them. They would be hungry, thirsty, and naked, and have a lack of all things. He would put an iron yoke on their neck until He had destroyed them. (vs.48) .. What would the Lord bring against them from the end of the earth? vs. 49
36. What kind of nation would this be? vs. 49,50 -
37. What would they do to the nation of Israel and their land they dwelt on? vs. 51
38. This nation would besiege Israel in all their towns until the high and fortified walls in which they 'trusted' would come down in all their towns throughout their land. (vs.52) ... They would be so hungry there would be canibalism of their own children which is unimaginable! (vs.53-57) ... The warning the Lord gave them was that if they did not fear and honor His awesome Name, these things would come upon them.... (vs.58) ...
39. What kinds of plagues would come upon them and their descendants? vs. 59
40. What would the Lord bring back upon them? vs. 60
41. He would bring sickness and plagues that were not even written in the book of this law until they were all destroyed. (vs.61) ... They would be left "few in number" even though they had been as numerous as the stars in heaven. ... (vs.62)....They were going to be torn from the land even after they had possessed it. (vs.63) ... Where would the Lord scatter them and what would they do in these places? vs. 64
42. In the nations that they would be taken to, they would not find rest for themselves. What would be given them? vs. 65 - Name 3 things
43. Their lives would hang in doubt and be in dread day and night and they would not have assurance of their life. (vs.66). In the morning, they would long for evening .. and in the evening, they would long for morning .. because of the dread of their heart and for the sight of their eyes (vs.67) ... The Lord would bring them back to Egypt in ships even though He had said they were to never see it again .... What would they offer themselves as to the Egyptians and what would be the result? vs. 68 -
Application
44. Such a long lesson; please just summarize your thoughts of the lesson and post a prayer if you would like.
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