Deuteronomy 28:37

Translations

Modern

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Traditional

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

Literal

And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the nations to which YHWH will drive you.

Latin

Et eris perditus in proverbium ac fabulam omnibus populis, ad quos te introduxerit Dominus.

Original

Hebrew

English

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Notes

Deuteronomy 28:1–68

This section explains the conditions for receiving the covenant blessing, the types of blessings, and the curses that will occur if people ignore or disobey these rules (28:1–14; 28:15–68).

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah Joshua Ancient Law Codes Blessing Counsel from Others Curses and Blessings God’s Covenant with Israel’s Kings God’s Faithfulness to His People Making Sense of the Exile Oppression of God’s People The Land True Success

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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.
Jeremiah 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.
1 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.
Psalm 44:13–14
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
2 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.
Zechariah 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.”
Deuteronomy 28:28
The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,
Deuteronomy 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.
Joel 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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