Deuteronomy 28:48

Deuteronomy 28:48 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
• New International Version (NIV)therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness, and lacking everything. And he will put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Context of Deuteronomy 28:48

46These curses will be a sign and a wonder against you and your descendants forever. 47Because you didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, even though you had an abundance of everything, you will serve your enemies that the Lord will send against you, in famine, thirst, nakedness, and a lack of everything. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. 49The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you won’t understand, 50a ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and not sparing the young.

Deuteronomy 28:48 word by word

וְעָבַדְתָּ֣ אֶת־אֹיְבֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְשַׁלְּחֶ֤נּוּ יְהוָה֙ בָּ֔ךְ בְּרָעָ֧ב וּבְצָמָ֛א וּבְעֵירֹ֖ם וּבְחֹ֣סֶר כֹּ֑ל וְנָתַ֞ן עֹ֤ל בַּרְזֶל֙ עַל־צַוָּארֶ֔ךָ עַ֥ד הִשְׁמִיד֖וֹ אֹתָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore shalt thou serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647
• thine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• against thee, in hungerרָעָבrâ‛âb · famineH7458
• and in thirstצָמָאtsâmâ' · thirstH6772
• and in nakednessעֵירֹם‛êyrôm ‛êrôm · nakedH5903
• and in wantחֹ֫סֶרchôser · lackH2640
• and he shall putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• a yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
• of ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
• upon thy neckצַוָּארtsavvâ'r tsavvâr tsavvârôn tsavvâ'râh · neckH6677
• until he have destroyedשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:48

• 2 Chronicles 12:8However, they will become his servants so that they may recognize the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.”
• Nehemiah 9:35When they were in their kingdom, with your abundant goodness that you gave them, and in the spacious and fertile land you set before them, they would not serve you or turn from their wicked ways.
• Jeremiah 5:19When people ask, ‘For what offense has the Lord our God done all these things to us? ’ You will respond to them, ‘Just as you abandoned me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
• Jeremiah 17:4You will, on your own, relinquish your inheritance that I gave you. I will make you serve your enemies in a land you do not know, for you have set my anger on fire; it will burn forever.
• Ezekiel 17:3You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: A huge eagle with powerful wings, long feathers, and full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
• Jeremiah 44:17Instead, we will do everything we promised: we will burn incense to the queen of heaven and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food, we were well off, and we saw no disaster,
• Lamentations 5:2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
• Ezekiel 4:16He said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat food they have weighed out and in dread drink rationed water
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
• Jeremiah 27:12I spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah in the same way: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and live!
• Jeremiah 28:13“Go say to Hananiah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You broke a wooden yoke bar, but in its place you will make an iron yoke bar.
• Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies - Because they would not serve God, therefore they became slaves to men.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. 45-68Verses 45-68 If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries his curse can bring upon mankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows to those under the curse of God. What then will be the misery of that world where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched! Observe what is here said of the wrath of God, which should come and remain upon the Israelites for their sins. It is amazing to think that a people so long the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 48Ancient writings and artwork sometimes show an iron yoke. A yoke was a wooden bar placed on the neck of animals to control them. Iron is hard and does not bend easily. The image of an iron yoke shows how harsh and severe Israel’s slavery would be if the people did not repent.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-681. if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God--In this chapter the blessings and curses are enumerated at length, and in various minute details, so that on the first entrance of the Israelites into the land of promise, their whole destiny was laid before them, as it was to result from their obedience or the contrary.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 28:48

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Disobedience to God
• Fear of God
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• Idolatry
• Ingratitude
• Iron
• Judgments
• Obedience
• Reprobacy
• War
• Wicked (People)

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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