Deuteronomy 28:16-24
King James Version
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
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Deuteronomy 28:16-24
Lexham English Bible
16 “You shall[a] be cursed in the city, and you shall be cursed in the field.
17 “Your basket shall be cursed and your kneading trough.
18 “The fruit of your womb shall be cursed and the fruit of you ground, the calves of your cattle and the lambs of your flock.
19 “You shall be cursed when you come in,[b] and you shall be cursed when you go out.[c]
20 “Yahweh will send upon you[d] the curse,[e] the panic,[f] and the threat[g] in everything that you undertake,[h] until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly[i] because of[j] the evil of your deeds in that[k] you have forsaken me. 21 Yahweh will cause the plague to cling to you until it consumes you[l] from the land that you are going to,[m] to take possession of it. 22 Yahweh will afflict you with the wasting diseases and with the fever and with the inflammation and with the scorching heat and with the sword[n] and with the blight and with the mildew, and they shall pursue you until you perish.[o] 23 And your heavens that are over your heads shall be like bronze, and the earth that is under you shall be like iron. 24 Yahweh will change the rain of your land to fine dust and to sand; from the heaven it shall come down upon you until you are destroyed.[p]
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- Deuteronomy 28:16 All of these curses have a future orientation that points to Israel in the land of Canaan
- Deuteronomy 28:19 Literally “at/in your coming”
- Deuteronomy 28:19 Literally “at/in your going out”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Others translate as a wish: “may Yahweh send upon you …”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 These words are translated variously, e.g., “starvation,” “thirst,” “rebuke/dysentery” (NEB) or “curses,” “confusion,” “frustration” (NLT)
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Or “confusion”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Or “rebuke”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Literally “in all the sending out of your hand that you do”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Literally “until your to be destroyed and until your to perish quickly”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Literally “from the face of the evil of your deeds”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Literally “which”
- Deuteronomy 28:21 Literally “it to consume to”
- Deuteronomy 28:21 Hebrew “to there”
- Deuteronomy 28:22 Others translate “drought” (NLT, NEB)
- Deuteronomy 28:22 Literally “until your/you to perish”
- Deuteronomy 28:24 Literally “until your being destroyed”
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