Deuteronomy 28:30

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

Cross-references

In Deuteronomy 28:33, another curse in the same chapter: foreigners consume your labor, extending the theme.

In Deuteronomy 20:7, the law protects betrothed men; here the curse denies that protection — another takes his wife.

In Deuteronomy 20:6, the law exempts from war to enjoy vineyard; here the curse reverses that blessing — another enjoys.

In Zephaniah 1:13, the curse is directly repeated: building but not inhabiting, planting but not drinking.

Micah 6:15 Allusion

In Micah 6:15, the pattern of sowing but not reaping, treading but not enjoying, parallels the curse.

Amos 5:11 Allusion

In Amos 5:11, the exact same curse language is used against oppressors: building but not dwelling, planting but not drinking.

In Lamentations 5:2, the loss of inheritance and homes to foreigners mirrors the curse's displacement.

In Jeremiah 12:13, the same futility appears: sowing wheat but reaping thorns, labor without profit, echoing the curse.

In Jeremiah 8:10, the same judgment is pronounced — wives given to others — as a consequence of greed, mirroring the curse here.

In Isaiah 65:22, the reversal continues: they will not build for another to inhabit, directly opposing the curse.

In Isaiah 65:21, this curse is reversed — building houses and inhabiting them, planting vineyards and eating fruit, contrasting the futility.

Isaiah 5:9 Allusion

In Isaiah 5:9, desolate houses echo the curse of building but not dwelling — judgment for injustice.

Job 31:10 Allusion

In Job 31:10, Job uses the same curse — another man lying with his wife — as a hypothetical punishment, echoing this Mosaic curse.

In Jeremiah 5:17, enemies devour the harvest, fulfilling the curse of not gathering what you plant.

In Jeremiah 6:12, the curse of losing houses and wives to others is pronounced, directly echoing Deuteronomy.

Ecclesiastes 3:13 presents the blessing of enjoying one's labor, the opposite of the curse of not enjoying fruits.

Jeremiah 31:5 promises the blessing of eating from planted vineyards, reversing the curse in Deuteronomy.

Job 31:8 Allusion

In Job 31:8, Job uses the same curse as a self-imprecation, echoing Deuteronomy's language of sowing but another eating.

Lamentations 5:11 describes ravishing of women in Zion, fulfilling the curse of another man lying with your wife.

2 Samuel 12:11 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Samuel 12:11, Nathan pronounces the same curse on David: his wives taken by another, directly fulfilling Deuteronomy.

Judges 6:3 Historical context

In Judges 6:3, enemies destroy Israel's crops, fulfilling the curse of planting but not harvesting.

In Isaiah 17:10-11, judgment causes planting without harvest, mirroring the curse in Deuteronomy.

Judges 6:4 Historical context

In Judges 6:4, enemies destroy crops, echoing the curse of planting but not harvesting.

Habakkuk 3:17 describes total crop failure, a more severe form of the curse of not enjoying harvest.