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because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New King James Version</a> “The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “The LORD will send against you curses, panic, and rebuke, in everything you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have abandoned Me. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220The LORD will send upon you curses, confusion, and rebuke, in all you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “The LORD will send upon you curses, confusion, and rebuke, in all you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Yahweh will send upon you the curse, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you send forth your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “The LORD will send upon you curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed, perishing quickly because of the evil of your deeds, because you have turned away from Me. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD will send against you curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you do until you are destroyed and quickly perish, because of the wickedness of your actions in abandoning me. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD will send against you curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you do until you are destroyed and quickly perish, because of the wickedness of your actions in abandoning Me. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> No matter what you try to accomplish, the LORD will confuse you, and you will feel his anger. You won't last long, and you may even meet with disaster, all because you rejected the LORD. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a> The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD will send you curses, panic, and frustration in everything you do until you're destroyed and quickly disappear for the evil you will do by abandoning the LORD. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Good News Translation</a> "If you do evil and reject the LORD, he will bring on you disaster, confusion, and trouble in everything you do, until you are quickly and completely destroyed. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a> "The LORD will send the curse among you, will confuse you, and will rebuke you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and perish quickly because of your evil deeds, since you will have forsaken him. <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a> "The LORD will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou undertakest to perform, until thou shalt be destroyed, and until thou shalt perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings by which thou hast forsaken me. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> YHWH sends the curse, the trouble, and the rebuke on you, in every putting forth of your hand which you do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly, because of the evil of your doings [by] which you have forsaken Me. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Jehovah doth send on thee the curse, the trouble, and the rebuke, in every putting forth of thy hand which thou dost, till thou art destroyed, and till thou perish hastily, because of the evil of thy doings by which thou hast forsaken Me. <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Jehovah will send upon thee the curse and the consternation, and the rebuke, upon all the sending forth of thy hand which thou shalt do, till he destroyed thee, and till he caused thee to perish quickly: on account of the evil of thy works by which thou forsookest me.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The Lord shall send upon thee famine and hunger, and a rebuke upon all the works which thou shalt do: until he consume and destroy thee quickly, for thy most wicked inventions, by which thou hast forsaken me. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The Lord will send famine and hunger upon you, and a rebuke upon all the works that you do, until he quickly crushes and perishes you, because of your very wicked innovations, by which you have forsaken me. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a> The LORD will send on you a curse, panic, and frustration in everything you set your hand to, until you are speedily destroyed and perish for the evil you have done in forsaking me. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD will send upon you disaster, panic, and frustration in everything you attempt to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken me.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The LORD shall send upon you ruin, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of your evil doings, because you have forsaken me. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> LORD JEHOVAH shall send upon you ruin and chaos and rebuke in everything which you reach your hand to do, until He will destroy you and until He will end you quickly, because of the wickedness of your works, because you have forsaken me.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> The LORD will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken Me. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> The Lord send upon thee want, and famine, and consumption of all things on which thou shalt put thy hand, until he shall have utterly destroyed thee, and until he shall have consumed thee quickly because of thine evil devices, because thou hast forsaken me. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=7498" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">The Curses of Disobedience</a> …19You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out. 20<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/7971.htm" title="7971: yə·šal·laḥ (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">will send</a> <a href="/hebrew/3994.htm" title="3994: ham·mə·’ê·rāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A curse. From 'arar; an execration.">curses</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/bə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">upon 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/4103.htm" title="4103: ham·mə·hū·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture. From huwm; confusion or uproar.">confusion</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/4045.htm" title="4045: ham·miḡ·‘e·reṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- A rebuke. From ga'ar; reproof.">reproof</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4916.htm" title="4916: miš·laḥ (N-msc) -- A sending out, presentation, seizure.">to which you put</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">your hand,</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/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></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·meḏ·ḵā (V-Nifal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">you are destroyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: 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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4118.htm" title="4118: ma·hêr (Adv) -- Hastening, speedy, swift. From mahar; properly, hurrying; hence in a hurry.">and quickly</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: ’ă·ḇā·ḏə·ḵā (V-Qal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">perish</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/7455.htm" title="7455: rō·a‘ (N-msc) -- Badness, evil. From ra'a'; badness, physically or morally.">the wickedness</a> <a href="/hebrew/4611.htm" title="4611: ma·‘ă·lā·le·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A deed, practice. From alal; an act.">you have committed</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/5800.htm" title="5800: ‘ă·zaḇ·tā·nî (V-Qal-Perf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">in forsaking Him.</a> 21The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-16</a> If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, / and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, / then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. <a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">Jeremiah 11:11</a> Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them. <a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Isaiah 59:2</a> But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. <a href="/lamentations/3-64.htm">Lamentations 3:64-66</a> You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. / Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them! / You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD. <a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24-31</a> Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, / in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, ... <a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20</a> So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. <a href="/hosea/9-17.htm">Hosea 9:17</a> My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations. <a href="/malachi/2-2.htm">Malachi 2:2</a> If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart. <a href="/psalms/107-17.htm">Psalm 107:17-18</a> Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. / They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death. <a href="/ezekiel/14-12.htm">Ezekiel 14:12-13</a> And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast, <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a> The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a> Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. <a href="/hebrews/10-30.htm">Hebrews 10:30-31</a> For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.” / It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. <a href="/revelation/2-5.htm">Revelation 2:5</a> Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The LORD shall send on you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand to for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, whereby you have forsaken me.send<a href="/psalms/7-11.htm">Psalm 7:11</a> God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.<a href="/malachi/2-2.htm">Malachi 2:2</a> If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.vexation<a href="/1_samuel/14-20.htm">1 Samuel 14:20</a> And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.<a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Psalm 80:4-16</a> O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? … <a href="/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19</a> From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.<a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Deuteronomy 4:26</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.<a href="/leviticus/26-31.htm">Leviticus 26:31-33,38</a> And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours… <a href="/joshua/23-16.htm">Joshua 23:16</a> When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/24-17.htm">Account</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-23.htm">Confusion</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Curses</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-14.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-23.htm">Discomfiture</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-3.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-6.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-16.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-5.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-8.htm">Puttest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-17.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-8.htm">Settest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-8.htm">Undertake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-14.htm">Vexation</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-19.htm">Whereby</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-2.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/28-47.htm">Account</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Confusion</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Curses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-12.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-9.htm">Discomfiture</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-32.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-11.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-14.htm">Puttest</a> <a href="/joshua/2-5.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/ruth/2-16.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/job/7-12.htm">Settest</a> <a href="/psalms/119-154.htm">Undertake</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-16.htm">Vexation</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-33.htm">Whereby</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-18.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 28</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">The blessings for obedience</a> 15. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">The curses for disobedience</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>The LORD will send curses upon you This phrase indicates divine judgment and the consequences of disobedience to God's covenant. In the context of Deuteronomy, Moses is addressing the Israelites, warning them of the repercussions of turning away from God's commandments. The concept of blessings and curses is central to the covenant relationship between God and Israel, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/27.htm">Deuteronomy 27-28</a>. The curses are a direct result of breaking the covenant, emphasizing the seriousness of maintaining faithfulness to God.confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand Confusion and reproof signify mental and moral disarray, leading to failure in endeavors. This reflects the chaos that ensues when a nation or individual turns away from divine guidance. The Hebrew word for confusion can also imply panic or disorientation, which is a common theme in the Old Testament when describing the fate of those who oppose God (e.g., <a href="/genesis/11-7.htm">Genesis 11:7-9</a>, the Tower of Babel). Reproof suggests correction or rebuke, indicating that their actions will be met with divine disapproval.until you are destroyed and quickly perish This phrase underscores the severity and finality of the consequences. The destruction is not just physical but also spiritual, highlighting the totality of the judgment. The rapidity of the perishing suggests an inevitable and swift downfall, reminiscent of the fate of other nations that opposed God, such as the Canaanites. This serves as a warning to Israel to remain faithful to avoid such a fate.because of the wickedness you have committed Wickedness here refers to the moral and spiritual corruption that results from forsaking God's laws. The Old Testament frequently associates wickedness with idolatry, injustice, and immorality. The prophets often called Israel to repentance, warning them of the consequences of their wickedness (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a>, <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Jeremiah 2:19</a>). This phrase highlights the cause-and-effect relationship between sin and divine judgment.in forsaking Him Forsaking God is the ultimate act of unfaithfulness, breaking the covenant relationship. This abandonment is often linked to idolatry, as seen in the history of Israel's repeated turning to other gods (e.g., <a href="/judges/2-12.htm">Judges 2:12-13</a>). The call to remain faithful is a recurring theme throughout the Bible, with the prophets urging the people to return to God (e.g., <a href="/hosea/14.htm">Hosea 14:1-2</a>). In the New Testament, Jesus emphasizes the importance of abiding in Him (<a href="/john/15-4.htm">John 15:4-6</a>), drawing a parallel to the necessity of remaining faithful to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is both the giver of blessings and the enforcer of curses based on Israel's obedience or disobedience. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The chosen people of God, recipients of the covenant blessings and curses outlined in Deuteronomy. 3. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader and prophet who delivered God's laws and covenant terms to the Israelites, including the blessings and curses in <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. 4. <a href="/topical/c/curses,_confusion,_and_rebuke.htm">Curses, Confusion, and Rebuke</a> The consequences that God promises to send upon Israel if they forsake Him, highlighting the seriousness of covenant unfaithfulness. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, which Israel was to inherit, contingent upon their obedience to God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a> God's covenant with Israel included both blessings and curses, underscoring the seriousness of obedience and the dire consequences of forsaking Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_justice.htm">The Nature of God's Justice</a> God's justice is evident in His response to Israel's disobedience. He is faithful to His word, whether in blessing or in judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_faithfulness.htm">The Call to Faithfulness</a> Believers today are called to remain faithful to God, understanding that turning away from Him leads to spiritual consequences. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_repentance.htm">The Role of Repentance</a> While <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> outlines severe consequences for disobedience, the broader biblical account emphasizes God's readiness to forgive and restore those who repent. <a href="/topical/c/christ's_redemption_from_the_curse.htm">Christ's Redemption from the Curse</a> In Christ, believers are redeemed from the curse of the law, highlighting the grace available through faith and the importance of living in obedience to God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 28</a> <a href="/q/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> <a href="/q/why_would_god_send_an_'evil_spirit'.htm">In 1 Samuel 16:14, why would God send an “evil spirit” to torment Saul, contradicting the idea of a benevolent deity? </a> <a href="/q/how_do_deut._28_punishments_compare_to_god's_mercy.htm">How do the severe punishments in Deuteronomy 28 compare with the portrayal of a merciful God in other parts of the Bible (e.g., Psalm 145:9)?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_there_little_evidence_for_deut._28.htm">If these curses were historically fulfilled, why is there limited archaeological evidence supporting widespread devastation on the scale described in Deuteronomy 28?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) Cursing, vexation, and rebuke.--Deficiency, and anxiety, and failure in every enterprise, would convey the idea, according to another interpretation. There are two views of the derivation of the first of the three words employed. Probably the Authorised Version is right. The three words have each of them the definite article in the original, just as if they were so many diseases. "The curse, and the terror, and the rebuke" of the Almighty are terrible obstacles to any human undertaking.In all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do.--Literally, in every putting forth of thine hand which thou makest, i.e., in every undertaking. This is the opposite of <a href="/deuteronomy/28-8.htm" title="The LORD shall command the blessing on you in your storehouses, and in all that you set your hand to; and he shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.">Deuteronomy 28:8</a>.Thou hast forsaken me.--Moses and Jehovah are here identified. This is characteristic. The prophets say, "Thus saith the Lord." Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, sometimes exhorts Israel in His name without any such introduction. (Comp. the phrase "to forsake Moses" (literally, apostasy from Moses) in <a href="/acts/21-21.htm" title="And they are informed of you, that you teach all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.">Acts 21:21</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 20-26. - First group. The curse should come upon them in various forms of evil, filling them with terror and dismay, and threatening them with utter ruin (cf. <a href="/malachi/2-2.htm">Malachi 2:2</a>). Verse 20. - Vexation; rather, consternation; the deadly confusion with which God confounds his enemies. The same word is used in <a href="/deuteronomy/7-23.htm">Deuteronomy 7:23</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/14-20.htm">1 Samuel 14:20</a>. Rebuke; rather, threatening. <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The LORD יְהוָ֣ה ׀ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will send יְשַׁלַּ֣ח (yə·šal·laḥ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out curses הַמְּאֵרָ֤ה (ham·mə·’ê·rāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3994.htm">Strong's 3994: </a> An execration upon you, בְּ֠ךָ (bə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> confusion הַמְּהוּמָה֙ (ham·mə·hū·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4103.htm">Strong's 4103: </a> Tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture and וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case rebuke הַמִּגְעֶ֔רֶת (ham·miḡ·‘e·reṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4045.htm">Strong's 4045: </a> A rebuke in all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every to which you put מִשְׁלַ֥ח (miš·laḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4916.htm">Strong's 4916: </a> A sending out, presentation, seizure your hand, יָדְךָ֖ (yā·ḏə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand until עַ֣ד (‘aḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while you are destroyed הִשָּֽׁמֶדְךָ֤ (hiš·šā·meḏ·ḵā) Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> To be exterminated or destroyed and quickly מַהֵ֔ר (ma·hêr) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4118.htm">Strong's 4118: </a> Hastening, speedy, swift perish אֲבָדְךָ֙ (’ă·ḇā·ḏə·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> To wander away, lose oneself, to perish because of מִפְּנֵ֛י (mip·pə·nê) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face the wickedness רֹ֥עַ (rō·a‘) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7455.htm">Strong's 7455: </a> Badness, evil you have committed מַֽעֲלָלֶ֖יךָ (ma·‘ă·lā·le·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4611.htm">Strong's 4611: </a> A deed, practice in forsaking Him. עֲזַבְתָּֽנִי׃ (‘ă·zaḇ·tā·nî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> To loosen, relinquish, permit <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Deuteronomy 28:20 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Deuteronomy 28:20 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Deuteronomy 28:20 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Deuteronomy 28:20 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Deuteronomy 28:20 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Deuteronomy 28:20 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Deuteronomy 28:20 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Deuteronomy 28:20 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Deuteronomy 28:20 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Deuteronomy 28:20 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:20 Yahweh will send on you cursing confusion (Deut. 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