Deu 28:22-24 | NETfull | STEP | He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

Deuteronomy 28:22-24

22 He ^{▼▼ Heb “The Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.} will afflict you with weakness, ^{▼▼ Or perhaps “consumption” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV). The term is from a verbal root that indicates a weakening of one’s physical strength (cf. NAB “wasting”; NIV, NLT “wasting disease”).} fever, inflammation, infection, ^{▼▼ Heb “hot fever”; NIV “scorching heat.”} sword, ^{▼▼ Or “drought” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).} blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish. 23 The ^{▼▼ The MT reads “Your.” The LXX reads “Heaven will be to you.”} sky ^{▼▼ Or “heavens” (also in the following verse). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.} above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron. 24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.