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They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the LORD your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Living Translation</a> “If you refuse to listen to the LORD your God and to obey the commands and decrees he has given you, all these curses will pursue and overtake you until you are destroyed. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Standard Version</a> “All these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you till you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">King James Bible</a> Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New King James Version</a> “Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “So all these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “So all these curses will come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He has commanded you. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “All these curses will come, pursue, and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commands and statutes he gave you. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> All these curses will come, pursue, and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commands and statutes He gave you. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a> And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Israel, if you don't obey the laws and teachings that the LORD your God is giving you, he will send these curses to chase, attack, and destroy you. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a> And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> All these curses will come to you. They will pursue you and stay close to you until you're destroyed, because you didn't obey the LORD your God or follow his commands and laws, which I'm giving you. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Good News Translation</a> "All these disasters will come on you, and they will be with you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the LORD your God and keep all the laws that he gave you. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a> All these curses will come upon you and will overwhelm you until you are exterminated, because you didn't obey the LORD your God to keep his commands and statutes, which he had commanded you. <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a> All these curses will fall on you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the LORD your God by keeping his commandments and statutes that he has given you. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you did not listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you: <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou art destroyed: because thou hearkenedst not to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: <a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a> All these curses will come on you, and will pursue you and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you didn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And all these curses have come on you, and pursued you, and overtaken you, until you are destroyed, because you have not listened to the voice of your God YHWH, to keep His commands and His statutes which he has commanded you; <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And come upon thee have all these curses, and they have pursued thee, and overtaken thee, till thou art destroyed, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which he hath commanded thee; <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And all these curses came upon thee and pursued thee and overtook thee, till he destroyed thee; for thou heardst not to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to watch his commands and his laws which he commanded thee.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue and overtake thee, till thou perish: because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God, and didst not keep his commandments and ceremonies which he commanded thee. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And all these curses shall come to you, and shall pursue you, and shall take hold of you, until you pass away, because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and you would not serve his commandments and ceremonies, which he has instructed to you. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a> All these curses will come upon you, pursuing you and overwhelming you, until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD, your God, by keeping his commandments and statutes which he gave you. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> All these curses shall come upon you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the LORD your God, by observing the commandments and the decrees that he commanded you.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and shall pursue you and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you did not hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, and did not keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you; <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> All these curses shall come upon you and shall overtake you and shall pursue you until they destroy you, because you have not listened to the voice of LORD JEHOVAH your God and you have not kept his commandments and his laws that He commanded you:<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded thee. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and shall overtake thee, until he shall have consumed thee, and until he shall have destroyed thee; because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commands, and his ordinances which he has commanded thee. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=7743" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">The Curses of Disobedience</a> …44He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail. 45<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/7045.htm" title="7045: haq·qə·lā·lō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- A curse. From qalal; vilification.">curses</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ū·ḇā·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">will come</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7291.htm" title="7291: ū·rə·ḏā·p̄ū·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp:: 2ms) -- To pursue, chase, persecute. A primitive root; to run after (of time) gone by).">They will pursue you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5381.htm" title="5381: wə·hiś·śî·ḡū·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3cp:: 2ms) -- To reach, overtake. A primitive root; to reach.">and overtake you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: hiš·šā·mə·ḏāḵ (V-Nifal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">you are destroyed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">since</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">obey</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: bə·qō·wl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: liš·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">and keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·wō·ṯāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">the commandments</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: wə·ḥuq·qō·ṯāw (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">and statutes</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wāḵ (V-Piel-Perf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">He gave you.</a> 46These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-39</a> If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, / and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, / then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. ... <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8-11</a> Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.” / And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem. / They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers. ... <a href="/lamentations/2-17.htm">Lamentations 2:17</a> The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes. <a href="/isaiah/1-20.htm">Isaiah 1:20</a> But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-18</a> Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. ... <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-27</a> But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. <a href="/ezekiel/5-6.htm">Ezekiel 5:6-17</a> But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countries around her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.’ / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’ / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. ... <a href="/hosea/9-17.htm">Hosea 9:17</a> My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-17</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. / So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, <a href="/daniel/9-11.htm">Daniel 9:11-14</a> All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You. / You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem. / Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth. ... <a href="/romans/2-8.htm">Romans 2:8-9</a> But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger. / There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek; <a href="/galatians/3-10.htm">Galatians 3:10</a> All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” <a href="/hebrews/2-2.htm">Hebrews 2:2-3</a> For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, / how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a> As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Moreover all these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, till you be destroyed; because you listened not to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:Moreover<a href="/deuteronomy/28-5.htm">Deuteronomy 28:5,15</a> Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store… <a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Deuteronomy 29:20,21</a> The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven… <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Leviticus 26:28</a> Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.because<a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Deuteronomy 11:27,28</a> A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: … <a href="/psalms/119-21.htm">Psalm 119:21</a> Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.<a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Jeremiah 7:22-25</a> For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/27-11.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-24.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Curses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-10.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-24.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-24.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-13.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-10.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-21.htm">Hearkenedst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-10.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-5.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-4.htm">Pursued</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/29-1.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-8.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-8.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Curses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-10.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-2.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-62.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-62.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-21.htm">Hearkenedst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-21.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/joshua/24-25.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-51.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-62.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-58.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-8.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-27.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-30.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-7.htm">Pursued</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-10.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-62.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 28</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">The blessings for obedience</a> 15. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">The curses for disobedience</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase refers to the specific curses listed earlier in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, which are consequences for disobedience to God's covenant. The chapter outlines blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience, reflecting the covenantal relationship between God and Israel. The curses serve as a warning and a call to repentance, emphasizing the seriousness of breaking the covenant.They will pursue you and overtake you The imagery of curses pursuing and overtaking suggests relentless consequences that cannot be escaped. This reflects the inescapable nature of divine justice. The language is reminiscent of a hunter pursuing prey, indicating that the consequences of disobedience are inevitable and will catch up with those who turn away from God's commands.until you are destroyed The ultimate result of persistent disobedience is destruction, which in the context of ancient Israel, could mean exile, loss of land, or even death. This destruction is not just physical but also spiritual, as separation from God leads to a loss of identity and purpose. The historical context includes the eventual exile of Israel and Judah, fulfilling these warnings.since you did not obey the LORD your God Obedience to God is central to the covenant relationship. The failure to obey is not just a legal issue but a relational one, indicating a breach of trust and faithfulness. This disobedience is seen throughout Israel's history, leading to periods of judgment and exile. The call to obedience is echoed throughout Scripture, emphasizing the importance of aligning one's life with God's will.and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you. The commandments and statutes refer to the laws given through Moses, which were meant to guide Israel in living a life pleasing to God. These laws were not just rules but a way to maintain a holy and distinct community. The emphasis on keeping these laws highlights the importance of living according to God's standards. This is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus fulfills the law and calls His followers to a higher standard of love and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and warnings to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, receiving the covenant and laws through Moses. 3. <a href="/topical/m/mount_ebal_and_mount_gerizim.htm">Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim</a> Locations where blessings and curses were pronounced over Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a> The agreement between God and Israel, involving blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, which the Israelites were to inherit, contingent upon their obedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a> Disobedience to God's commandments leads to severe consequences. This passage serves as a sobering reminder of the importance of adhering to God's laws. <a href="/topical/t/the_pursuit_of_curses.htm">The Pursuit of Curses</a> The imagery of curses pursuing and overtaking highlights the inescapable nature of consequences when we stray from God's path. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_obedience_in_the_covenant.htm">The Role of Obedience in the Covenant</a> Obedience is central to maintaining a right relationship with God. The covenant with Israel was conditional, and so is our walk with God today. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_heeding_warnings.htm">The Importance of Heeding Warnings</a> God provides clear warnings out of love and a desire for His people to choose life and blessing. Ignoring these warnings leads to destruction. <a href="/topical/c/christ's_redemption_from_the_curse.htm">Christ's Redemption from the Curse</a> While the law brings awareness of sin and its consequences, Christ offers redemption and freedom from the curse, inviting us into a new covenant of grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 28</a> <a href="/q/why_does_deut._28_link_prosperity_to_obedience.htm">Why does Deuteronomy 28 emphasize material prosperity or catastrophe as divine favor or curse, while other passages (e.g., Job) depict suffering as potentially unrelated to personal obedience?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_retribution_theology.htm">What defines the concept of retribution theology?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_there_little_evidence_for_deut._28.htm">If these curses were historically fulfilled, why is there limited archaeological evidence supporting widespread devastation on the scale described in Deuteronomy 28?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_deut_29_22-28_curses.htm">(Deut 29:22-28) Is there any historical or archaeological evidence that the severe curses and land devastation described actually occurred?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(45) Till thou be destroyed.--Not exterminated. The root meaning of the word is connected with "smiting," and the idea seems to be to crush. (Comp. <a href="/2_kings/13-7.htm" title="Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.">2Kings 13:7</a> : "The king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.") This kind of destruction is consistent with what follows in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-46.htm" title="And they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed for ever.">Deuteronomy 28:46</a>, and also at the end of <a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm" title="Therefore shall you serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck, until he have destroyed you.">Deuteronomy 28:48</a>. <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>All כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every these הָאֵ֗לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those curses הַקְּלָל֣וֹת (haq·qə·lā·lō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7045.htm">Strong's 7045: </a> Vilification will come וּבָ֨אוּ (ū·ḇā·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go upon you. עָלֶ֜יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against They will pursue you וּרְדָפ֙וּךָ֙ (ū·rə·ḏā·p̄ū·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7291.htm">Strong's 7291: </a> To pursue, chase, persecute and overtake you וְהִשִּׂיג֔וּךָ (wə·hiś·śî·ḡū·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5381.htm">Strong's 5381: </a> To reach, overtake until עַ֖ד (‘aḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while you are destroyed, הִשָּֽׁמְדָ֑ךְ (hiš·šā·mə·ḏāḵ) Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> To be exterminated or destroyed since כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction you did not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no obey שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ (šā·ma‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and keep לִשְׁמֹ֛ר (liš·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to the commandments מִצְוֺתָ֥יו (miṣ·wō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> Commandment and statutes וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו (wə·ḥuq·qō·ṯāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> Something prescribed, an enactment, statute He gave you. צִוָּֽךְ׃ (ṣiw·wāḵ) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Deuteronomy 28:45 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Deuteronomy 28:45 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Deuteronomy 28:45 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Deuteronomy 28:45 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Deuteronomy 28:45 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Deuteronomy 28:45 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Deuteronomy 28:45 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Deuteronomy 28:45 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Deuteronomy 28:45 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Deuteronomy 28:45 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:45 All these curses shall come on you (Deut. 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