Deuteronomy 28:24

LORD will make the rain of thy land powder and dust. From the sky it shall come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

In Context

23And thy sky that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

25LORD will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies. Thou shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them. And thou shall be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:24Then LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from LORD out of heaven.

Job 18:15There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Amos 4:11I have overthrown [cities] among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning. Yet ye have not returned to me, says LORD.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:16-45

Threatenings. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19… Read the whole commentary →

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