3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
3 God's blessing inside the city, God's blessing in the country;
3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
3 Your towns and your fields will be blessed.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:3
Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:1-14
(Read Deuteronomy 28:1-14)
This chapter is a very large exposition of two words, the blessing and the curse. They are real things and have real effects. The blessings are here put before the curses. God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy. It is his delight to bless. It is better that we should be drawn to what is good by a child-like hope of God's favour, than that we be frightened to it by a slavish fear of his wrath. The blessing is promised, upon condition that they diligently hearken to the voice of God. Let them keep up religion, the form and power of it, in their families and nation, then the providence of God would prosper all their outward concerns.