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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The LORD will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The LORD will afflict you with every sickness and plague there is, even those not mentioned in this Book of Instruction, until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Every sickness also and every affliction that is not recorded in the book of this law, the LORD will bring upon you, until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Also every sickness, and every plague, which <i>is</i> not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also every sickness and every plague, which <i>is</i> not written in this Book of the Law, will the LORD bring upon you until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Also every sickness and every plague, which are not written in the book of this Law, the LORD will bring on you until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Also every sickness and every plague which, not written in the book of this law, the LORD will bring on you until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Also every sickness and every plague which, not written in the book of this law, the LORD will bring on you until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, Yahweh will bring on you until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Also the LORD will bring on you every sickness and every plague which is not written in this book of this law, until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will also afflict you with every sickness and plague not recorded in the book of this law, until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will also afflict you with every sickness and plague not recorded in the book of this law, until you are destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jehovah bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Remember! If the LORD decides to destroy your nation, he can use any disease or disaster, not just the ones written in The Book of God's Law. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD will also bring you every kind of sickness and plague not written in this Book of Teachings. They will continue until you're dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He will also send all kinds of diseases and epidemics that are not mentioned in this book of God's laws and teachings, and you will be destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover, the LORD will inflict you with illnesses and plagues that were not written in this Book of the Law, until you are exterminated. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Moreover, the LORD will bring upon you every kind of sickness and plague not mentioned in this scroll of commandments, until you have perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, the LORD will bring them on you, until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Also every sickness, and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou art destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, Yahweh will bring them on you until you are destroyed. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Also every sickness and every stroke which is not written in the scroll of this law—YHWH causes them to go up on you until you are destroyed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> also every sickness and every stroke which is not written in the book of this law; Jehovah doth cause them to go up upon thee till thou art destroyed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Also every disease and every blow which is not written in the book of this law, Jehovah will bring them up upon thee, till he destroyed thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Moreover the Lord will bring upon thee all the diseases, and plagues, that are not written in the volume of this law till he consume thee: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In addition, the Lord will lead over you all the diseases and plagues that are not written in the volume of this law, until he crushes you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Even any sickness or calamity not written in this book of the law, that too the LORD will bring upon you until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Every other malady and affliction, even though not recorded in the book of this law, the LORD will inflict on you until you are destroyed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Also all kinds of sickness and all plagues which are not written in this book of the law, then will the LORD bring upon you, until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And every disease and every plague that is not written in this book of the Law, LORD JEHOVAH shall bring them upon you until He shall destroy you.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord shall bring upon thee every sickness, and every plague that is not written, and every one that is written in the book of this law, until he shall have destroyed thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=7931" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">The Curses of Disobedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">60</span>He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you. <span class="reftext">61</span><span class="highl"><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/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">will also</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ya‘·lêm (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">bring</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/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">every</a> <a href="/hebrew/2483.htm" title="2483: ḥo·lî (N-ms) -- Sickness. From chalah; malady, anxiety, calamity.">sickness</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4347.htm" title="4347: mak·kāh (N-fs) -- A blow, wound, slaughter. Or makkeh; from nakah; a blow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence.">and plague</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/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: ḵā·ṯūḇ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">recorded</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">in this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5612.htm" title="5612: bə·sê·p̄er (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A missive, document, writing, book. Or ciphrah; from caphar; properly, writing; by implication, a book.">Book</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: hat·tō·w·rāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">of the Law,</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> </span><span class="reftext">62</span>You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-17.htm">Jeremiah 30:17</a></span><br />But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Exodus 15:26</a></span><br />saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-18.htm">2 Chronicles 21:18-19</a></span><br />After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. / This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5-6</a></span><br />Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. / From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Jeremiah 14:19</a></span><br />Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm">Ezekiel 14:21</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10</a></span><br />“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Hosea 13:14</a></span><br />I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">1 Kings 8:37-39</a></span><br />When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come, / then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple— / be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-11.htm">Luke 21:11</a></span><br />There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Mark 13:8</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-2.htm">Revelation 16:2</a></span><br />So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring on you, until you be destroyed.</p><p class="hdg">bring upon thee [heb] cause to ascend </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/26-7.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-58.htm">Book</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-60.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-51.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-60.htm">Diseases</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-50.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-58.htm">Law</a> <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-58.htm">Recorded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-15.htm">Sickness</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-5.htm">Stroke</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-58.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/1-11.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Book</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-24.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-18.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-15.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Diseases</a> <a href="/joshua/2-12.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-21.htm">Law</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-19.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-21.htm">Recorded</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">Sickness</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-8.htm">Stroke</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">The blessings for obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">The curses for disobedience</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/28.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The LORD will also bring upon you</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the sovereignty and authority of God in executing judgment. In the context of Deuteronomy, God is portrayed as the ultimate lawgiver and judge, who has the power to bless or curse based on the covenant relationship with Israel. This reflects the covenantal theology where obedience leads to blessings and disobedience to curses, as outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>.<p><b>every sickness and plague</b><br>The mention of sickness and plague highlights the physical consequences of disobedience. In the ancient Near Eastern context, diseases were often seen as divine retribution. This aligns with the broader biblical narrative where health and prosperity are linked to faithfulness to God (e.g., <a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Exodus 15:26</a>). The specificity of "every" suggests a comprehensive judgment, leaving no aspect of life untouched.<p><b>not recorded in this Book of the Law</b><br>This indicates that the curses listed in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> are not exhaustive. The "Book of the Law" refers to the Torah, particularly the legal and covenantal sections. The implication is that God's judgment can extend beyond what is explicitly written, underscoring His omniscience and the seriousness of covenantal breach. This also serves as a warning that God's ways and judgments are beyond human comprehension.<p><b>until you are destroyed</b><br>The ultimate consequence of persistent disobedience is total destruction. This reflects the Deuteronomic theme of life and death choices (<a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19</a>). Historically, this foreshadows the eventual exile of Israel and Judah due to their unfaithfulness. Theologically, it underscores the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance. In a broader biblical context, it points to the ultimate judgment and the need for salvation through Christ, who offers redemption from the curse of the law (<a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is both the giver of blessings and the enforcer of curses based on the people's obedience or disobedience.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, recipients of the Law, and the ones being addressed in this passage.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of Israel and the mediator of the covenant, delivering God's laws and warnings to the people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_book_of_the_law.htm">The Book of the Law</a></b><br>Refers to the Torah, particularly the first five books of the Bible, which contain God's commandments and the covenant stipulations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sickness_and_plague.htm">Sickness and Plague</a></b><br>Represents the physical afflictions and calamities that God warns will come upon Israel as a consequence of disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a></b><br>The passage highlights the severe consequences of turning away from God's commands. It serves as a sobering reminder of the importance of obedience in our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>God is sovereign and just, and His warnings are not empty threats. He is faithful to His word, whether in blessing or in judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_law.htm">The Role of the Law</a></b><br>The Law serves as a guide to righteous living and a standard by which God's people are measured. It reveals the holiness of God and the need for a Savior.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_redemption.htm">The Hope of Redemption</a></b><br>While the passage speaks of curses, it also points to the need for redemption, which is fulfilled in Christ. Believers are called to live in the freedom and grace provided through Jesus.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The warnings of <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> should lead us to examine our lives, repent of disobedience, and seek God's forgiveness and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_deut._28_curses_fit_with_science.htm">In Deuteronomy 28, how can modern readers reconcile the promise of curses (verses 15-68) with our scientific understanding of disease, famine, and natural disasters?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_'the_hornet'_align_with_history.htm">Joshua 24:12 - How does the account of God sending 'the hornet' align with historical or natural evidence of plagues or insects driving out inhabitants?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_38_3_link_illness_to_anger.htm">How can Psalm 38:3 link physical sickness directly to divine anger without any natural or scientific explanation?</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>(61) <span class= "bld">Every sickness and every plague</span> (or "smiting;" Heb., <span class= "ital">Makkah</span>) <span class= "bld">which is not written.</span>--Well might the Apostle write, "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will also</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(gam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bring</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעְלֵ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(ya‘·lêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon you</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">every</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sickness</span><br /><span class="heb">חֳלִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥo·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2483.htm">Strong's 2483: </a> </span><span class="str2">Malady, anxiety, calamity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and plague</span><br /><span class="heb">מַכָּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(mak·kāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4347.htm">Strong's 4347: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wound, carnage, pestilence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">recorded</span><br /><span class="heb">כָת֔וּב</span> <span class="translit">(ḵā·ṯūḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grave, to write</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּ֑את</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Book</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּסֵ֖פֶר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·sê·p̄er)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5612.htm">Strong's 5612: </a> </span><span class="str2">A missive, document, writing, book</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Law,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתּוֹרָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tō·w·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are destroyed.</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·šā·mə·ḏāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Deuteronomy 28:61 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Deuteronomy 28:61 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Deuteronomy 28:61 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Deuteronomy 28:61 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Deuteronomy 28:61 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Deuteronomy 28:61 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Deuteronomy 28:61 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Deuteronomy 28:61 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Deuteronomy 28:61 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Deuteronomy 28:61 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:61 Also every sickness and every plague which (Deut. 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