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The Curse of Covenant Termination

58 “If you refuse to obey[a] all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God, 59 then the Lord will increase your punishments and those of your descendants—great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses. 60 He will infect you with all the diseases of Egypt[b] that you dreaded, and they will persistently afflict you.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:58 tn Heb “If you are not careful to do.”
  2. Deuteronomy 28:60 sn These are the plagues the Lord inflicted on the Egyptians prior to the exodus which, though they did not fall upon the Israelites, must have caused great terror (cf. Exod 15:26).
  3. Deuteronomy 28:60 tn Heb “will cling to you” (so NIV); NLT “will claim you.”