Deuteronomy 28:22
in Deuteronomy 28The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.
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ASV
Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
KJV
The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
3 notes on this verseConsumption - שחפת shachepheth, atrophy through lack of food; from שחף shacaph, to be in want. Fever - קדחת kaddachath, from קדח kadach, to be kindled, burn, sparkle; a burning inflammatory fever. Inflammation - דלקת dalleketh, from דלק dalak, to pursue eagerly, to burn after; probably a rapidly consuming cancer. Extreme burning - חרחר charchur, burning upon burning, scald upon scald; from חר char, to be heated, enraged, etc. This probably refers, not only to excruciating inflammations on the body, but also to the irritation and agony of a mind utterly abandoned by God, and lost to hope.
This site's exposition
The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke
on Deuteronomy 28:20-22
Verse 20 gives the reason before the list runs, because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. That me is God speaking inside a speech Moses is giving, and the person shifts back to the third at verse 21 without any mark. Verse 22 names seven afflictions in one line, four of them sicknesses of the body, one the sword, and two of them blasting and mildew that strike standing grain, so a single sentence reaches the man and his field together.
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The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יַכְּכָ֣ה | yakekhah | he will strike you | H5221 → | 499 times |
| יְ֠הוָה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בַּשַּׁחֶ֨פֶת | bashachefet | with <the> consumption | H7829 → | |
| וּבַקַּדַּ֜חַת | uvakkadachat | and with <the> fever | H6920 → | |
| וּבַדַּלֶּ֗קֶת | uvaddaleket | and with <the> inflammation | H1816 → | |
| וּבַֽחַרְחֻר֙ | uvacharchur | and with <the> feverish heat | H2746 → | |
| וּבַחֶ֔רֶב | uvacherev | and with the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| וּבַשִּׁדָּפ֖וֹן | uvashidafon | and with <the> blight | H7711 → | |
| וּבַיֵּרָק֑וֹן | uvaiyerakon | and with <the> mildew | H3420 → | |
| וּרְדָפ֖וּךָ | uredafukha | and they will pursue you | H7291 → | 143 times |
| עַ֥ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| אָבְדֶֽךָ׃ | ʾavedekha | perishing you | H6 → | 184 times |
יַכְּכָ֣הhe will strike you
yakekhahH5221 →499 times
יְ֠הוָהYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בַּשַּׁחֶ֨פֶתwith <the> consumption
bashachefetH7829 →
וּבַקַּדַּ֜חַתand with <the> fever
uvakkadachatH6920 →
וּבַדַּלֶּ֗קֶתand with <the> inflammation
uvaddaleketH1816 →
וּבַֽחַרְחֻר֙and with <the> feverish heat
uvacharchurH2746 →
וּבַחֶ֔רֶבand with the sword
uvacherevH2719 →413 times
וּבַשִּׁדָּפ֖וֹןand with <the> blight
uvashidafonH7711 →
וּבַיֵּרָק֑וֹןand with <the> mildew
uvaiyerakonH3420 →
וּרְדָפ֖וּךָand they will pursue you
uredafukhaH7291 →143 times
עַ֥דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
אָבְדֶֽךָ׃perishing you
ʾavedekhaH6 →184 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 26:16then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed…
it leads to
- Job 31:8
then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
- Jeremiah 5:17
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword…
- Micah 6:15
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
- Job 31:8
Through
Jeremiah 14:12Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
- Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
- Jeremiah 11:11
Through
Haggai 2:17I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
it leads to
- Haggai 1:11
I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor…
- Haggai 1:9
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you…
- Haggai 1:11
Through
Amos 4:9“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
it leads to
- Haggai 2:17
I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
- Haggai 2:17
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.