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Deuteronomy 28:39

37 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.

You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

40 You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.

41 You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.

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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.

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BSB
You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
KJV
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
WEB
You will plant vineyards and dress them, but you will neither drink of the wine, nor harvest, because worms will eat them.
ASV
Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather [the grapes]; for the worm shall eat them.
DARBY
Thou shalt plant and till vineyards, but shalt drink no wine, nor gather [the fruit]; for the worms shall eat it.
BLB
You shall plant vineyards and tend [them], and [of] the wine you shall not drink and not gather, for the worms shall consume it.
ÅB
Vingårder skal du plante og dyrke, men vin skal du ikke drikke, og ikke kunne gjemme; for makk skal spise den opp.
OTB
Du vil plante vingårder og dyrke dem, men vil ikke drikke vinen eller samle druene, fordi ormer vil spise dem.
B1930
Vingårder skal du plante og dyrke, men vin skal du ikke drikke, og ikke kunne gjemme; for makk skal ete den op.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 17:10–11

    For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

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  • Isaiah 5:10

    For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

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  • Joel 1:4–7

    What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

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  • Jonah 4:7

    When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

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  • Joel 2:2–4

    a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

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