Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 28:13

13 And the LORD shall make thee the head , and not the tail, and thou shalt be above onely, and thou shalt not be beneath: if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

The chief of all people in power, or at least in dignity and priviledges, so that even they that are not under thine authority shall reverence thy greatness and excellency. So it was in Davids and Solomons time, and so it should have been much oftner and much more, if they had performed the conditions here required. For the phrase see Isa. 9. 13, 14. and 19. 15.