Deuteronomy 28:24

Deuteronomy 28:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord will make the rain of your land powder. From heaven dust shall come down on you until you are destroyed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.

Context of Deuteronomy 28:24

22The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish. 23The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. 25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 26Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

Deuteronomy 28:24 word by word

יִתֵּ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־מְטַ֥ר אַרְצְךָ֖ אָבָ֣ק וְעָפָ֑ר מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ יֵרֵ֣ד עָלֶ֔יךָ עַ֖ד הִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• The LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• will turnנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• the rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
• of your landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• into dustאָבָק'âbâq · dustH80
• and powderעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• it will descendיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• on youעַל‛al · uponH5921
• fromמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the skyשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• you are destroyedשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:24

• Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
• Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
• Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
• Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• Amos 4:11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24The rain of thy land powder and dust - As their heavens - atmosphere, clouds, etc., were to be as brass - yielding no rain; so the surface of the earth must be reduced to powder; and this, being frequently taken up by the strong winds, would fall down in showers instead of rain. Whole caravans have been buried under showers of sand; and Thevenot, a French traveler, who had observed these showers of dust, etc., says, "They grievously annoy all they fall…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-68Verses 15-68 The curses correspond in form and number Deuteronomy 28:15-19 to the blessings Deuteronomy 28:3-6, and the special modes in which these threats should be executed are described in five groups of denunciations Deuteronomy 28:20-26 First series of judgments. The curse of God should rest on all they did, and should issue in manifold forms of disease, in famine, and in defeat in war. Deuteronomy 28:20 Vexation - Rather, confusion: the word in the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-44Verses 15-44 If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which includes all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Observe the justice of this curse. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. The extent and power of this curse. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows; wherever he is, it rests upon him. Whatever he has is under a curse. All his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24The only thing even resembling rain would be the swirling dust that coats everything to suffocation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. the rain of thy land powder and dust--an allusion probably to the dreadful effects of tornadoes in the East, which, raising the sands in immense twisted pillars, drive them along with the fury of a tempest. These shifting sands are most destructive to cultivated lands; and in consequence of their encroachments, many once fertile regions of the East are now barren deserts.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 28:24

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Disobedience to God
• Drought
• Famine
• Fear of God
• Holy Spirit
• Idolatry
• Judgments
• Obedience
• Rain
• Reprobacy
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Above
• Command
• Crush
• Delicateness
• Doubt
• Dress
• Dust
• Emerods
• Enjoy
• Famine

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings