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23 The sky above your head will become bronze while the ground beneath you will become iron. 24 The Lord will change the rain on your land to powder and dust. It will come down from the sky until you are exterminated.”

From Defeat to Exile

25 “The Lord will cause you to be defeated[a] by your enemies. You’ll go out against them in one direction, but you’ll flee from them in seven directions. Consequently, you’ll be in a state of great terror throughout all the kingdoms of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:25 Lit. be struck down

23 The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.(A) 24 The Lord will turn the rain(B) of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

25 The Lord will cause you to be defeated(C) before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven,(D) and you will become a thing of horror(E) to all the kingdoms on earth.(F)

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