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They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the LORD your God is giving you. <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Living Translation</a> They will attack your cities until all the fortified walls in your land—the walls you trusted to protect you—are knocked down. They will attack all the towns in the land the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Standard Version</a> “They shall besiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">King James Bible</a> And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New King James Version</a> “They shall besiege you at all your gates until your high and fortified walls, in which you trust, come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you at all your gates throughout all your land which the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And it will besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it will besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220It shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And it shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And it shall besiege you in all your gates until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your gates throughout your land which Yahweh your God has given you. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They will besiege you in all your cities until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land; and they will besiege you in all your cities throughout your land which the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They will besiege you within all your city gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your city gates throughout the land the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They will besiege you within all your gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your gates throughout the land the LORD your God has given you.&#8221 <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land; and they shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> All over the land that the LORD your God gave you, the enemy army will surround your towns. You may feel safe inside your town walls, but the enemy will tear them down, <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a> And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They will blockade all your cities until the high, fortified walls in which you trust come down everywhere in your land. They'll blockade all the cities everywhere in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Good News Translation</a> They will attack every town in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and the high, fortified walls in which you trust will fall. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a> They'll besiege all your cities until your high and fortified walls in which you have trusted collapse throughout the land. Indeed, they will besiege all your cities, which the LORD your God gave you." <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a> They will besiege all of your villages until all of your high and fortified walls collapse--those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, in which thou didst trust, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land which the LORD thy God hath given thee. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a> They will besiege you in all your gates until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout all your land. They will besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land which Yahweh your God has given you. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it has laid siege to you in all your gates until your walls come down—the high and the fortified ones in which you are trusting, in all your land; indeed, it has laid siege to you in all your gates, in all your land which your God YHWH has given to you. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee; <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he passed upon thee in all thy gates until the coming down of thy high and inaccessible fortresses which thou trustest in them in all thy land: and he passed upon thee in all thy gates in all thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And consume thee in all thy cities, end thy strong and high walls be brought down, wherein thou trustedst in all thy land. Thou shalt be besieged within thy gates in all thy land which the Lord thy God will give thee: <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he will crush you in all your cities. And your strong and lofty walls, in which you trusted, will be destroyed throughout all your land. You will be besieged within your gates throughout all your land, which the Lord your God will give to you. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a> They will besiege you in each of your communities, until the great, fortified walls, in which you trust, come tumbling down all over your land. They will besiege you in every community throughout the land which the LORD, your God, has given you, <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> It shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout your land; it shall besiege you in all your towns throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they shall besiege you in all your cities, until your high and fortified walls in which you trust are taken throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your cities throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And it shall besiege you in all your towns until it breaks down your high and fortified walls upon which you trust in all your land, and it shall besiege you in all your towns in all the land that LORD JEHOVAH your God gives to you.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou didst trust, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and have utterly crushed thee in thy cities, until the high and strong walls be destroyed, in which thou trustest, in all thy land; and it shall afflict thee in thy cities, which he has given to thee. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-52.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=7821" 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> …51They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish. 52<a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887: wə·hê·ṣar (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">They will besiege</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></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.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: šə·‘ā·re·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">the cities</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.">throughout</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">your land,</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/1364.htm" title="1364: hag·gə·ḇō·hō·wṯ (Art:: Adj-fp) -- High, exalted. Or gabowahh; from gabahh; elevated, powerful, arrogant.">the high</a> <a href="/hebrew/1219.htm" title="1219: wə·hab·bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ (Conj-w, Art:: Adj-fp) -- To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose. A primitive root; to clip off; specifically to gather grapes; also to be isolated.">and fortified</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ḥō·mō·ṯe·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">walls</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.">in which</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/982.htm" title="982: bō·ṭê·aḥ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To trust. A primitive root; properly, to hie for refuge; figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure.">trust</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hên (Prep:: 3fp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: re·ḏeṯ (V-Qal-Inf) -- To come or go down, descend. ">have fallen.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887: wə·hê·ṣar (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">They will besiege</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></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.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: šə·‘ā·re·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">your cities</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.">throughout</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">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/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯan (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">has given</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">you.</a> 53Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.…<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/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a> You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters. <a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm">2 Kings 6:25-29</a> So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver. / As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!” / He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?” ... <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a> I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’ <a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Lamentations 2:20</a> Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? <a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm">Lamentations 4:10</a> The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. <a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Ezekiel 5:10</a> As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’ <a href="/isaiah/3-1.htm">Isaiah 3:1</a> For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water, <a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Isaiah 9:20</a> They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring. <a href="/jeremiah/52-6.htm">Jeremiah 52:6</a> By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. <a href="/2_kings/25-3.htm">2 Kings 25:3</a> By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-19.htm">2 Chronicles 36:19</a> Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. <a href="/nehemiah/9-37.htm">Nehemiah 9:37</a> Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress. <a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a> Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. <a href="/luke/19-43.htm">Luke 19:43-44</a> For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. / They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” <a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20</a> But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And he shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fenced walls come down, wherein you trusted, throughout all your land: and he shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.<a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25</a> And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.<a href="/2_kings/17-1.htm">2 Kings 17:1-6</a> In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years… <a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">2 Kings 18:13</a> Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/20-19.htm">Besiege</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-2.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-43.htm">High</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-29.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-20.htm">Siege</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-40.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-12.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-32.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/numbers/12-7.htm">Trusted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Trustedst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-20.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-1.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/23-8.htm">Besiege</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-8.htm">High</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-41.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Siege</a> <a href="/joshua/2-22.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/judges/9-15.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-37.htm">Trusted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Trustedst</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-11.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/joshua/8-24.htm">Wherein</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>They will besiege all the cities throughout your land This phrase refers to the impending threat of foreign nations attacking Israel. Historically, this prophecy was fulfilled during various invasions, such as the Assyrian and Babylonian sieges. The siege tactic was a common military strategy in the ancient Near East, where armies would surround a city, cutting off supplies and forcing surrender. This reflects the consequences of Israel's disobedience to God's covenant, as outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>.until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen The Israelites often relied on their fortified cities for protection, believing their walls to be impenetrable. Archaeological evidence from sites like Jericho and Lachish shows the significance of city walls in ancient defense. This phrase underscores the futility of trusting in human strength and fortifications rather than in God. It echoes the biblical theme that security is found in God alone, as seen in Psalms 20:7, which contrasts trust in chariots and horses with trust in the Lord.They will besiege all your cities throughout the land The repetition of the siege imagery emphasizes the totality of the impending judgment. It serves as a warning that no city, regardless of its strength or location, will be spared. This reflects the comprehensive nature of the curses for disobedience, as outlined in the covenant. The historical context includes the eventual fall of Jerusalem and other cities during the Babylonian conquest, fulfilling this prophecy.that the LORD your God has given you This phrase reminds the Israelites of the divine origin of their land. The land was a gift from God, promised to Abraham and his descendants (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>). The conditional nature of this gift is highlighted here; the land is theirs as long as they remain faithful to God's commandments. This serves as a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where blessings are contingent upon obedience. The loss of the land due to disobedience is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, such as Jeremiah and Ezekiel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, who are receiving the blessings and curses based on their obedience or disobedience to God's commandments. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who has given the land to the Israelites and sets the conditions for their prosperity or downfall. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_enemy_nations.htm">The Enemy Nations</a> Unspecified foreign nations that will besiege the cities of Israel as a consequence of Israel's disobedience. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_cities_of_israel.htm">The Cities of Israel</a> The fortified cities within the Promised Land, which are a symbol of security and trust for the Israelites. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a> The land given by God to the Israelites, representing God's promise and blessing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god,_not_in_fortifications.htm">Trust in God, Not in Fortifications</a> The Israelites' trust in their fortified cities is misplaced if they are not obedient to God. True security comes from faithfulness to God, not in physical defenses. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> The siege and destruction of cities are direct consequences of turning away from God's commandments. This serves as a warning to remain faithful to God's Word. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> The passage highlights God's control over nations and events. He uses other nations to discipline His people, demonstrating His sovereignty and justice. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness</a> The blessings and curses are tied to the covenant relationship with God. Faithfulness to the covenant brings blessings, while disobedience brings curses. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> While the passage speaks of judgment, it also implies the possibility of repentance and restoration. Turning back to God can restore the blessings and protection of the covenant.<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/is_lamentations_4_10_literal_or_hyperbole.htm">(Lamentations 4:10) Is the claim that mothers cooked their children historically accurate or a hyperbolic contradiction of a loving God? </a> <a href="/q/is_there_a_historical_record_of_deut._28_36.htm">Deuteronomy 28:36 mentions exile — is there a verifiable historical record that aligns precisely with the captivity and conditions described? </a> <a href="/q/how_is_cannibalism_in_ezekiel_5_10_verified.htm">In Ezekiel 5:10, how can extreme acts like cannibalism be historically verified or reconciled with known records of siege conditions?</a> <a href="/q/proof_of_samaria's_siege_and_cannibalism.htm">2 Kings 6:24-29: Is there any historical or archaeological proof of Samaria's siege and reported cannibalism?</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>(52) And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates.--The siege of the last two "fenced cities" by Nebuchadnezzar's army is mentioned in <a href="/jeremiah/34-7.htm" title="When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defended cities remained of the cities of Judah.">Jeremiah 34:7</a>. The siege and capture of Jotapata by the Romans, in spite of all the efforts of the Jews to defend it, is specially recorded by Josephus.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 52-57. - (Cf. <a href="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a>; <a href="/2_kings/6-24.htm">2 Kings 6:24-30</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a>; Lain. 2:20; 4:10.) <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>They will besiege וְהֵצַ֨ר (wə·hê·ṣar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6887.htm">Strong's 6887: </a> To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped 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 your cities, שְׁעָרֶ֗יךָ (šə·‘ā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate until עַ֣ד (‘aḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while the high הַגְּבֹה֣וֹת (hag·gə·ḇō·hō·wṯ) Article | Adjective - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1364.htm">Strong's 1364: </a> Elevated, powerful, arrogant and fortified וְהַבְּצֻר֔וֹת (wə·hab·bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1219.htm">Strong's 1219: </a> To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose walls חֹמֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ (ḥō·mō·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> A wall of protection in which אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you אַתָּ֛ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you trust בֹּטֵ֥חַ (bō·ṭê·aḥ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_982.htm">Strong's 982: </a> To trust, be confident, sure have fallen רֶ֤דֶת (re·ḏeṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> To come or go down, descend 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 the land. אַרְצֶ֑ךָ (’ar·ṣe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land They will besiege וְהֵצַ֤ר (wə·hê·ṣar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6887.htm">Strong's 6887: </a> To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped 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 your cities שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ (šə·‘ā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate throughout בְּכָ֨ל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the land אַרְצְךָ֔ (’ar·ṣə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative has given you. נָתַ֛ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:52 They shall besiege you in all your (Deut. 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