1)

What is "l'Fach ul'Mokesh"?

1.

Malbim: You will stumble in matters of Torah and Emunah.

2)

What is "Leshotet b'Tzideichem"?

1.

Rashi: [The Kena'anim] will go plundering around you.

2.

Radak: It is a stick [to hit you], like "Shot la'Sus" (Mishlei 26:3).

3)

What are "Tzeninim"?

1.

Rashi: They are [army] camps, like "u'Va'u Alecha Hotzen" (Yechezkel 23:24); it is like a shield that surrounds on three sides

4)

Is this punishment natural, or supernatural?

1.

Malbim: Our verse discusses a natural punishment. You will not be able to have full love and a true covenant with them. Even at a tranquil time, they will gouge out your eyes through envy and hatred. The next verses foretell evil that will befall you via Hashgachah.

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