Deuteronomy 28:45

King James Version

⁴⁵Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

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Deuteronomy 28:45

New International Version

⁴⁵All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you^(A) until you are destroyed,^(B) because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.

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Deuteronomy 28:15

King James Version

¹⁵But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

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Deuteronomy 28:15

New International Version

Curses for Disobedience

¹⁵However, if you do not obey^(A) the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today,^(B) all these curses will come on you and overtake you:^(C)

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Isaiah 1:20

King James Version

²⁰But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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Isaiah 1:20

New International Version

²⁰but if you resist and rebel,^(A)
you will be devoured by the sword.”^(B)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(C)

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Ezekiel 14:21

King James Version

²¹For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

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Ezekiel 14:21

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²¹“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments^(A)—sword^(B) and famine^(C) and wild beasts and plague^(D)—to kill its men and their animals!^(E)

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Ezekiel 7:15

King James Version

¹⁵The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

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Ezekiel 7:15

New International Version

¹⁵Outside is the sword;
    inside are plague and famine.
Those in the country
    will die by the sword;
those in the city
    will be devoured by famine and plague.^(A)

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Lamentations 2:15-17

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¹⁵All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

¹⁶All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

¹⁷The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

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Lamentations 2:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;^(A)
they scoff^(B) and shake their heads^(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:^(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,^(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”^(F)

¹⁶All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;^(G)
they scoff and gnash their teeth^(H)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.^(I)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”^(J)

¹⁷The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has fulfilled^(K) his word,
    which he decreed long ago.^(L)
He has overthrown you without pity,^(M)
    he has let the enemy gloat over you,^(N)
    he has exalted the horn^[a] of your foes.^(O)

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Footnotes

Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.

Jeremiah 24:9-10

King James Version

⁹And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

¹⁰And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

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Jeremiah 24:9-10

New International Version

⁹I will make them abhorrent^(A) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,^(B) a curse^[a]^(C) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish^(D) them. ¹⁰I will send the sword,^(E) famine^(F) and plague^(G) against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.^(H)’”

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

Jeremiah 7:22-25

King James Version

²²For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

²³But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

²⁴But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

²⁵Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

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Jeremiah 7:22-25

New International Version

²²For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands^(A) about burnt offerings and sacrifices,^(B) ²³but I gave them this command:^(C) Obey^(D) me, and I will be your God and you will be my people.^(E) Walk in obedience to all^(F) I command you, that it may go well^(G) with you. ²⁴But they did not listen^(H) or pay attention;^(I) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.^(J) They went backward^(K) and not forward. ²⁵From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again^(L) I sent you my servants^(M) the prophets.^(N)

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Isaiah 65:14-15

King James Version

¹⁴Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

¹⁵And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

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Isaiah 65:14-15

New International Version

¹⁴My servants will sing^(A)
    out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out^(B)
    from anguish of heart
    and wail in brokenness of spirit.
¹⁵You will leave your name
    for my chosen ones to use in their curses;^(C)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
    but to his servants he will give another name.^(D)

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Proverbs 13:21

King James Version

²¹Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

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Proverbs 13:21

New International Version

²¹Trouble pursues the sinner,^(A)
but the righteous^(B) are rewarded with good things.^(C)

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Psalm 119:21

King James Version

²¹Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

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Psalm 119:21

New International Version

²¹You rebuke the arrogant,^(A) who are accursed,^(B)
those who stray^(C) from your commands.

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2 Kings 17:20

King James Version

²⁰And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

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2 Kings 17:20

New International Version

²⁰Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers,^(A) until he thrust them from his presence.^(B)

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Deuteronomy 29:20-21

King James Version

²⁰The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

²¹And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

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Deuteronomy 29:20-21

New International Version

²⁰The Lord will never be willing to forgive^(A) them; his wrath and zeal^(B) will burn^(C) against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the Lord will blot^(D) out their names from under heaven. ²¹The Lord will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster,^(E) according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.^(F)

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