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Deuteronomy 28:24
24There will be clouds of dust instead of rain. Dirt will come down from the sky until it has destroyed you.
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 give you many kinds of disease. Your bodies will become weak and very hot. They will grow big and have a lot of pain. He will send great heat and there will be no rain. Your crops will all become spoiled. You will have all this pain until you die. 23There will be no clouds in the sky above to give any rain. The ground under your feet will be as hard as iron. There will be clouds of dust instead of rain. Dirt will come down from the sky until it has destroyed you. 25The Lord will let your enemies knock you down. You will attack them from one direction, but you will run away from them in seven directions. When the people of other nations see what has happened to you, they will see it is a terrible thing. 26Your dead bodies will be food for all the birds and the wild animals. No one will be there to chase them away.
Read all of Deuteronomy 28Deuteronomy 28:24 word by word
יִתֵּ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־מְטַ֥ר אַרְצְךָ֖ אָבָ֣ק וְעָפָ֑ר מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ יֵרֵ֣ד עָלֶ֔יךָ עַ֖ד הִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- shall makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
- the rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
- of thy landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- powderאָבָק'âbâq · dustH80
- and dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
- from heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- shall it come downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- upon thee, until thou be destroyedשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:24
- Deuteronomy 28:12The Lord will send rain from the clouds where he stores it. He will cause the rain to fall at the time when the land needs it. He will bless all the work that you do. You will lend money to the people of many nations. But you will not need anyone to lend money to you.
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord poured sulphur that was on fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah. It fell from the sky like rain.
- Job 18:15Other people will live in his tent. They have used sulphur to burn all his things.
- Isaiah 5:24Because of that, they will come to a bad end. It will be for them like a hot fire that destroys dry grass. Their roots will die and their flowers will blow away like dust. They have refused to obey the laws of the Lord Almighty. They have not listened to the message that the holy God of Israel has taught them.
- Amos 4:11‘I killed many people among you, as I destroyed the cities called Sodom and Gomorrah. Some of you did not die. You were like a stick that is already burning. And someone saves it from the fire. But still you did not start to pray to me again.’ The Lord says this!
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
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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
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