Deuteronomy 28:37
35 The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
36 The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
38 You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
39 You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- KJV
- And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
- WEB
- You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.
- ASV
- And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.
- DARBY
- And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.
- BLB
- And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the nations to which YHWH will drive you.
- ÅB
- Og du skal bli til en redsel, til et ordspråk og til en spott blant alle de folk Herren fører deg til.
- OTB
- Du vil bli et symbol på skrekk, et ordtak, og et objekt for latterliggjøring blant alle folkene hvor Herren vil drive deg.
- B1930
- Og du skal bli til en redsel, til et ordsprog og til en spott blandt alle de folk Herren fører dig til.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
Read in context1 Kings 9:7–8
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
Read in contextPsalms 44:13–14
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
Read in context2 Chronicles 7:20
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
Read in contextZechariah 8:13
As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:22–28
Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.
Read in contextJoel 2:17
Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
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