Deuteronomy 28:30 meaning and explanation

You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:30, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses speaks to Israel on the plains of Moab, setting before the people the blessings of obedience and the curses that follow covenant breaking. Verse 30 falls among the curses, and its three pictures reverse ordinary hopes: betrothal, building a house, planting a vineyard.

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