Deuteronomy 28:24

Deuteronomy 28:24 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord will change the rain that falls on your land into powder, and dust will pour down from the sky until you are destroyed.

Context of Deuteronomy 28:24

22The 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. 23And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray 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
• 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 shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
• Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
• Job 18:15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
• Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• Amos 4:11I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith 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)

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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