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/></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD will make the pestilence stick to you until he has consumed you off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.<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 make the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess.<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 make the plague cling to you until He has eliminated you from the land where you are entering to take possession of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The LORD will make the pestilence cling to you until He has consumed you from the land where you are entering to possess it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The LORD will make the pestilence cling to you until He has consumed you from the land, where you are entering to possess it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yahweh will make the pestilence cling to you until He has consumed you from the land where you are entering to possess it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will make the pestilence <i>and</i> plague cling to you until He has consumed <i>and</i> eliminated you from the land which you are entering to possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will make pestilence cling to you until he has exterminated you from the land you are entering to possess.<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 make pestilence cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land you are entering to possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.<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 send one plague after another on you until he wipes you out of the land you're about to enter and take possession of.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He will send disease after disease on you until there is not one of you left in the land that you are about to occupy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD will cause you to be ill with long-lasting diseases until you are wiped out from the land that you are entering to possess. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will plague you with deadly diseases until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess.<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 make the pestilence cling to you, until he has consumed you from off the land, where you go in to possess it.<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 make the pestilence cleave to thee, until he shall have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.<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 make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh will make the pestilence cling to you, until he has consumed you from off the land where you go in to possess it. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />YHWH causes the pestilence to cleave to you until He consumes you from off the ground to where you are going in to possess it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Jehovah doth cause to cleave to thee the pestilence, till He consume thee from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah shall cleave upon thee death, till his consuming thee from the land which thou wentest there to possess it.<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 set the pestilence upon thee, until he consume thee out of the land, which thou shalt go in to possess. <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 join a pestilence to you, until he consumes you from the land, which you shall enter so as to possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will make disease cling to you until he has made an end of you from the land you are entering to possess.<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 make the pestilence cling to you until it has consumed you off the land that you are entering to possess.<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 send pestilence upon you, until he has consumed you from off the land which you are entering to possess.<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 send a plague upon you until He shall destroy you from the land that you enter there to inherit.<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 make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until He have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The Lord cause the pestilence to cleave to thee, until he shall have consumed thee off the land into which thou goest to inherit it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-21.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=7514" 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">20</span>The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him. <span class="reftext">21</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/1698.htm" title="1698: had·dā·ḇer (Art:: N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">will make the plague</a> <a href="/hebrew/1692.htm" title="1692: yaḏ·bêq (V-Hifil-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To cling, cleave, keep close. A primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. Cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit.">cling</a> <a href="/hebrew/bə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">to you</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></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/3615.htm" title="3615: kal·lō·ṯōw (V-Piel-Inf:: 3ms) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">He has exterminated</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯə·ḵā (DirObjM:: 2ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the land</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.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ḇā- (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">are entering</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām·māh (Adv:: 3fs) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: lə·riš·tāh (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">to possess.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>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.…<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="/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/14-19.htm">Ezekiel 14:19-21</a></span><br />Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast, / then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves. / 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="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13</a></span><br />If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,<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="/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="/isaiah/51-19.htm">Isaiah 51:19</a></span><br />These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?<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="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Lamentations 4:9</a></span><br />Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.<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="/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="/acts/11-28.htm">Acts 11:28</a></span><br />One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a></span><br />The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.</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 make the pestilence stick to you, until he have consumed you from off the land, where you go to possess it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3</a></b></br> And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-5.htm">Leviticus 26:5</a></b></br> And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12</a></b></br> I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/28-7.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Cleave</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Cling</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-22.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-16.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-18.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-25.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Diseases</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-20.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-1.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-18.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-20.htm">Whither</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/28-25.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-60.htm">Cleave</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-60.htm">Cling</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-18.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-31.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-24.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Diseases</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-42.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-37.htm">Whither</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 make the plague cling to you</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the direct involvement of God in the consequences of disobedience. In the context of Deuteronomy, the Israelites are reminded of the covenant relationship with God, where blessings follow obedience and curses follow disobedience (<a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-14</a> for blessings, 15-68 for curses). The "plague" can be understood as a divine punishment, reminiscent of the plagues in Egypt (Exodus 7-11), which were also acts of judgment. The use of "cling" suggests a persistent and unavoidable affliction, highlighting the seriousness of turning away from God's commandments.<p><b>until He has exterminated you</b><br>This phrase underscores the severity of the consequences for breaking the covenant. The term "exterminated" indicates total destruction, which aligns with the warnings given throughout the Old Testament about the fate of those who reject God's laws (<a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-39</a>). It serves as a sobering reminder of the holiness and justice of God, who cannot tolerate sin. This also foreshadows the eventual exile of Israel and Judah due to their persistent disobedience (<a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a>, <a href="/2_kings/25-21.htm">2 Kings 25:21</a>).<p><b>from the land that you are entering to possess</b><br>The "land" refers to Canaan, the Promised Land, which was central to the covenant promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7, 26</a>:3, 28:13). Possession of the land was conditional upon Israel's faithfulness to God. This phrase highlights the historical context of the Israelites on the brink of entering Canaan under Joshua's leadership. The land was not just a physical territory but a place where they were to live out their identity as God's chosen people. The warning of being removed from the land serves as a prophetic insight into the future exiles, where the Israelites would be taken from their land due to their unfaithfulness (<a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Ezekiel 36:19</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-keeping God of Israel, who is both just and merciful. He is the one who enacts blessings and curses based on Israel's obedience or disobedience.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are receiving the Law and covenant stipulations through Moses. They are on the brink of entering the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land (Canaan)</a></b><br>The land promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is a land of blessing, contingent upon Israel's faithfulness to God's commands.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of Israel, delivering God's laws and warnings to the people before they enter the Promised Land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/plague.htm">Plague</a></b><br>A form of divine judgment that God warns will come upon Israel if they disobey His commandments. It symbolizes the severe consequences of turning away from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a></b><br>The verse highlights the severe consequences of turning away from God's commandments. 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's ability to bring about both blessings and curses underscores His sovereignty. He is just in His dealings, rewarding obedience and punishing disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>While the verse speaks of judgment, it also implicitly calls for repentance. God's warnings are meant to lead His people back to Him, emphasizing His desire for restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>The covenant relationship between God and His people requires faithfulness. This verse reminds us of the blessings tied to obedience and the curses tied to disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/application_to_modern_believers.htm">Application to Modern Believers</a></b><br>While the specific curses of <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> were directed at Israel, the principle of reaping what we sow remains relevant. Believers today are called to live in obedience to God's Word, understanding that our actions have consequences.<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_do_locusts_mean_in_joel.htm">What do locusts symbolize in the Book of Joel?</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/bible's_view_on_tithes,_offerings.htm">What does the Bible say about tithes and offerings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_sin_directly_cause_illness.htm">Psalm 31:10 links sin to physical weakness—does any scientific or historical evidence suggest moral wrongdoing can directly cause illness? </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>(21) <span class= "bld">The pestilence.</span>--One of God's four sore judgments to be sent upon Jerusalem (<a href="/context/ezekiel/14-19.htm" title="Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury on it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:">Ezekiel 14:19-21</a>).<p>Until he have consumed thee from off the land.--From <a href="/context/deuteronomy/28-21.htm" title="The LORD shall make the pestilence stick to you, until he have consumed you from off the land, where you go to possess it.">Deuteronomy 28:21-35</a>, inclusive, we seem to be reading of the gradual consumption of Israel "in the land of promise" before any actual captivity.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 21, 22.</span> - The afflictive visitations here named are such as destroy life; but the distinctive character of each it is not easy exactly to define. <span class="cmt_word">The pestilence</span> is probably a generic term for any fatal epidemic. In the LXX. it is usually represented by the general word <span class="accented">Odoacer</span>, death. <span class="cmt_word">Consumption</span>; literally, <span class="accented">wasting</span>; the designation of any species of tabes or marasmus. <span class="cmt_word">Fever</span> (<span class="hebrew">דַּלֶּקֶת</span>, from <span class="hebrew">דָּלַק</span>, to be parched, to glow); <span class="cmt_word">inflammation</span> (<span class="hebrew">חַחְתֻר</span>, from <span class="hebrew">חָרַר</span>, to burn); <span class="cmt_word">burning fever</span> (<span class="hebrew">קַדַּחַת</span>, from <span class="hebrew">קָדַח</span>, to kindle): different species of pyrexia, the distinction between which has not been determined. <span class="cmt_word">The sword</span>. Instead of <span class="hebrew">חֶרֶב</span>, sword, the Vulgate, Arabic, and Samaritan adopt the reading <span class="hebrew">חֹרֶב</span>, heat, drought (<a href="/genesis/31-40.htm">Genesis 31:40</a>); but all the other versions support the reading of the received text, and there is no reason why it should be departed from, more especially as drought is threatened in the verse that follows. <span class="cmt_word">Blasting and with mildew</span>; diseases that attack the grain (<a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a>); the former (<span class="hebrew">שִׁדָּפון</span>, from <span class="hebrew">שָׁדַּפ</span>, to scorch, to blast) a withering or scorching of the ears caused by the east wind (<a href="/genesis/41-23.htm">Genesis 41:23</a>); the latter (<span class="hebrew">יֵרָקון</span>, from <span class="hebrew">יָרַק</span>, to be yellowish) the effect produced by a hot wind, which turns the ears yellow, so that they are rendered unproductive. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-21.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">יְהוָ֛ה</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 make the pestilence</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדָּ֑בֶר</span> <span class="translit">(had·dā·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pestilence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cling</span><br /><span class="heb">יַדְבֵּ֧ק</span> <span class="translit">(yaḏ·bêq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1692.htm">Strong's 1692: </a> </span><span class="str2">To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to you</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֚ד</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">He has exterminated</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּלֹּת֣וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(kal·lō·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹֽתְךָ֔</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַל֙</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<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">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are entering</span><br /><span class="heb">בָא־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to possess.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·riš·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:21 Yahweh will make the pestilence cleave (Deut. 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