What Does it Mean to be Cursed?
“But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.” (Deut. 28:15)
“But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels. Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. (Psalm 81:11-14)
Commentary: The “curse” takes place when God gives His people up to their sins and allow them to suffer the consequences of them. A “curse” is the loss of God’s protective presence: “….they have become cursed. I will not be with you again” (Joshua 7:12; Hebraic Roots Bible). The New International Reader’s Version gives the permissive sense of Joshua 7:12 when it says, “I have decided to let them be destroyed.”
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