Deuteronomy 28:24

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 heavens that are over thy head shall be copper, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

25The Lord will cause thee to be smitten before thy enemies: on one way shalt thou go out against them, and on seven ways shalt thou flee before them; and thou shalt become a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:24And the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from the Lord, out of heaven;

Job 18:15It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.

Amos 4:11I had produced an overthrow among you, like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye became like a fire-brand snatched out of the burning: and yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the 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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