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These disasters will pursue you until you die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with wasting disease and with fever, inflammation and fiery heat, and with drought and with blight and with mildew. They shall pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with severe burning fever, with the sword, with scorching, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with consumption, inflammation, fever, feverish heat, and with the sword, with blight, and with mildew, and they will pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The LORD will smite you with consumption and with fever and with inflammation and with fiery heat and with the sword and with blight and with mildew, and they will pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The LORD will smite you with consumption and with fever and with inflammation and with fiery heat and with the sword and with blight and with mildew, and they shall pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yahweh will strike you with consumption and with fever and with inflammation and with fiery heat and with the sword and with scorching wind and with mildew, and they will pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with consumption [causing you to waste away] and with fever and with inflammation and with fiery heat and with the sword and with blight and with mildew [on your crops]; and they will pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will afflict you with wasting disease, fever, inflammation, burning heat, drought, blight, and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.<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 afflict you with wasting disease, fever, inflammation, burning heat, drought, blight, and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD shall smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.<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 strike you with disease, fever, and inflammation; heat waves, drought, scorching winds, and ruined crops. They will pursue you until you die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with infectious diseases, with swelling and fever; he will send drought and scorching winds to destroy your crops. These disasters will be with you until you die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD will afflict you with tuberculosis, fever, inflammation, high fever, drought, blight, and mildew. These will attack you until you are completely destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The 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 dost perish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with fiery heat, with the sword, with blight, and with mildew. They will pursue you until you perish. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />YHWH strikes you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with sword, and with blasting, and with mildew, and they have pursued you until you perish<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Jehovah doth smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with sword, and with blasting, and with mildew, and they have pursued thee till thou perish<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah shall strike thee with consumption, and with burning fever, and with inflammation, and with sword and with burning, and with blasting, and with yellowness: and they shall pursue thee till he have 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 />May the Lord afflict thee with miser- able want, with the fever and with cold, with burning and with heat, and with corrupted air and with blasting, and pursue thee till thou perish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />May the Lord strike you with destitution, with fever and cold, with burning and heat, and with polluted air and rot, and may he pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with consumption, fever, and inflammation, with fiery heat and drought, with blight and mildew, that will pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD will afflict you with consumption, fever, inflammation, with fiery heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The LORD shall afflict you with confusion and with skin disease and with an inflammation and with burning fever and with the sword and with blasting and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH shall strike you with shock and with scab and with burning and with burning fever and with jaundice and with sword and by wind of parching heat, and they shall pursue you until they 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 />The LORD will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The Lord smite thee with distress, and fever, and cold, and inflammation, and blighting, and paleness, and they shall pursue thee until they have destroyed thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-22.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=7522" 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">21</span>The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess. <span class="reftext">22</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/5221.htm" title="5221: yak·kə·ḵāh (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">will strike you</a> <a href="/hebrew/7829.htm" title="7829: baš·ša·ḥe·p̄eṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- (a wasting disease) consumption. From the same as shachaph; emaciation.">with wasting disease,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6920.htm" title="6920: ū·ḇaq·qad·da·ḥaṯ (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Fever. From qadach; inflammation, i.e. Febrile disease.">with fever</a> <a href="/hebrew/1816.htm" title="1816: ū·ḇad·dal·le·qeṯ (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Inflammation.: from dalaq; a burning fever.">and inflammation,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2746.htm" title="2746: ū·ḇa·ḥar·ḥur (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Violent heat, fever. From charar; fever; -extreme burning.">with scorching heat</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ū·ḇa·ḥe·reḇ (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">and drought,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7711.htm" title="7711: ū·ḇaš·šid·dā·p̄ō·wn (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Blighted or blasted thing. Or shiddaphown; from shadaph; blight.">and with blight</a> <a href="/hebrew/3420.htm" title="3420: ū·ḇay·yê·rā·qō·wn (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Mildew, paleness, lividness. From yereq; paleness, whether of persons, or of plants.">and mildew;</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).">these will pursue</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.">you until</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: ’ā·ḇə·ḏe·ḵā (V-Qal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">you perish.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.…<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/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a></span><br />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="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a></span><br />“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">1 Kings 8:37</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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-28.htm">2 Chronicles 6:28</a></span><br />When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12</a></span><br />Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”<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="/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17</a></span><br />I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Isaiah 42:25</a></span><br />So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10</a></span><br />And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Ezekiel 5:12</a></span><br />A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.<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="/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/16-9.htm">Revelation 16:9</a></span><br />And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.<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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The LORD shall smite you 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 you until you perish.</p><p class="hdg">a consumption</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a></b></br> I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/6-28.htm">2 Chronicles 6:28</a></b></br> If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness <i>there be</i>:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12</a></b></br> When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.</p><p class="hdg">sword.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">1 Kings 8:37</a></b></br> If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, <i>or</i> if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness <i>there be</i>;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a></b></br> I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured <i>them</i>: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17</a></b></br> I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye <i>turned</i> not to me, saith the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Ague</a> <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Blasting</a> <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Blight</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-6.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Consumption</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-14.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-20.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Drought</a> <a href="/numbers/23-13.htm">Extreme</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Inflammation</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-10.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-57.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/numbers/5-24.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-6.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/revelation/7-16.htm">Scorching</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-25.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-25.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-13.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-24.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/numbers/5-22.htm">Wasting</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Ague</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">Blasting</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">Blight</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-24.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Consumption</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-24.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/judges/6-40.htm">Drought</a> <a href="/joshua/15-1.htm">Extreme</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-24.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/acts/28-6.htm">Inflammation</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-9.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-51.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-24.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/psalms/11-6.htm">Scorching</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-65.htm">Wasting</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'; 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Wasting disease can be understood as a physical ailment that gradually deteriorates the body, symbolizing the spiritual decay that results from disobedience. In the ancient Near East, health was often seen as a sign of divine favor, while illness was viewed as a curse or punishment. This aligns with the broader Deuteronomic theme of blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience (<a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-14</a>).<p><b>with fever and inflammation</b><br>Fever and inflammation are specific afflictions that further illustrate the physical consequences of breaking the covenant. In the historical context, these symptoms could be associated with various diseases prevalent in the ancient world, such as malaria or typhoid. The specificity of these ailments underscores the comprehensive nature of the curses, affecting both the body and the land.<p><b>with scorching heat and drought</b><br>Scorching heat and drought are natural phenomena that would have had devastating effects on an agrarian society like Israel. These conditions would lead to crop failure and famine, emphasizing the dependence of the Israelites on God's provision. The mention of drought connects to other biblical passages where God withholds rain as a form of judgment (<a href="/1_kings/17.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a>, <a href="/jeremiah/14.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6</a>).<p><b>and with blight and mildew</b><br>Blight and mildew refer to plant diseases that destroy crops, further compounding the agricultural disaster caused by drought. These terms highlight the vulnerability of the Israelites' livelihood and the direct impact of divine displeasure on their sustenance. The imagery of blight and mildew is also used in <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17</a>, where God calls the people to repentance by reminding them of past judgments.<p><b>these will pursue you until you perish</b><br>The relentless nature of these curses is emphasized by the phrase "pursue you until you perish," indicating that there is no escape from the consequences of disobedience. This relentless pursuit serves as a warning to the Israelites of the seriousness of covenantal faithfulness. The idea of being pursued by curses can be seen as a reversal of the blessings that were meant to overtake them if they obeyed (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-2.htm">Deuteronomy 28:2</a>). This phrase also foreshadows the ultimate exile and destruction that would come upon Israel if they continued in disobedience, as seen in the later historical books and the prophetic literature.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and warnings to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving the blessings and curses based on their obedience or disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which the Israelites are about to enter, contingent on their faithfulness to God's covenant.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>The agreement between God and Israel, involving blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who enforces the covenant and administers justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a></b><br>God's warnings are not to be taken lightly. The consequences of turning away from His commands are severe and affect all aspects of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a></b><br>God is in control of all circumstances, including natural phenomena. His power is evident in both blessings and curses.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Even in the face of judgment, there is always a call to return to God. Repentance can restore the relationship and bring healing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>The covenant relationship with God requires faithfulness. Our actions have spiritual and physical consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community.htm">The Role of Community</a></b><br>The curses affect the entire community, highlighting the importance of collective obedience and accountability.<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/what_does_the_bible_say_about_mildew.htm">What does the Bible say about mildew?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_sabbatarianism.htm">What does the Bible say about mildew?</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/do_amos_4_9-10_plagues_match_history.htm">Amos 4:9–10 – Do the described plagues (blight, mildew, locusts, pestilence) align with known historical or scientific data? </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>(22) <span class= "bld">Consumption.</span>--Only here and in <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm" title="I also will do this to you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.">Leviticus 26:16</a>. "With which the flesh is consumed and puffed out" (Rashi).<p><span class= "bld">Fever.</span>--Only here and in <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm" title="I also will do this to you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.">Leviticus 26:16</a>, where it is rendered "burning ague." ( Comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-22.htm" title="For a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.">Deuteronomy 32:22</a> : "A fire <span class= "ital">is kindled </span>in mine anger.")<p><span class= "bld">Inflammation.</span>--Here only. The word is derived from a verb signifying to burn, or pursue hotly, like a fire that hastens on its way. "A heat greater than the fever" (Rashi).<p><span class= "bld">Extreme burning.</span>--Here only. "A disease which heats the body inwardly<span class= "ital">" </span>(Rashi).<p><span class= "bld">Blasting and mildew.</span>--"I have smitten you with blasting and with mildew" (<a href="/amos/4-9.htm" title="I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD.">Amos 4:9</a>, same words). (See also <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm" title="If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there be;">1Kings 8:37</a>, where "pestilence, blasting, and mildew" are contemplated as possibilities, very probably in view of this curse. Also <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm" title="I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you turned not to me, said the LORD.">Haggai 2:17</a>.) . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-22.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">יְ֠הוָה</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 strike you</span><br /><span class="heb">יַכְּכָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(yak·kə·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with wasting disease,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשַּׁחֶ֨פֶת</span> <span class="translit">(baš·ša·ḥe·p̄eṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7829.htm">Strong's 7829: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a wasting disease) consumption</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with fever</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַקַּדַּ֜חַת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇaq·qad·da·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6920.htm">Strong's 6920: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inflammation, febrile disease</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and inflammation,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַדַּלֶּ֗קֶת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇad·dal·le·qeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1816.htm">Strong's 1816: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burning fever</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with severe heat</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַֽחַרְחֻר֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇa·ḥar·ḥur)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2746.htm">Strong's 2746: </a> </span><span class="str2">Violent heat, fever</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and drought,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַחֶ֔רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇa·ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with blight</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַשִּׁדָּפ֖וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇaš·šid·dā·p̄ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7711.htm">Strong's 7711: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blighted or blasted thing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and mildew;</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַיֵּרָק֑וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇay·yê·rā·qō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3420.htm">Strong's 3420: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mildew, paleness, lividness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these will pursue</span><br /><span class="heb">וּרְדָפ֖וּךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·rə·ḏā·p̄ū·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7291.htm">Strong's 7291: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pursue, chase, persecute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֥ד</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 perish.</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבְדֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇə·ḏe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wander away, lose oneself, to perish</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:22 Yahweh will strike you with consumption (Deut. 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