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Deuteronomy 28:18

The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

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ASV

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

KJV

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָר֥וּר'a.Rur[will be] cursedH779 →
פְּרִֽי־pe.ri-[the] fruit ofH6529 →
בִטְנְךָ֖vit.ne.Khawomb yourH990 →
וּפְרִ֣יu.fe.Riand [the] fruit ofH6529 →
אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ'ad.ma.Te.khaground yourH127 →
שְׁגַ֥רshe.Gar[the] young ofH7698 →
אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ'a.la.Fei.khacattle<s> yourH504 →
וְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹתve.'ash.te.Rotand [the] young ones ofH6251 →
צֹאנֶֽךָ׃tzo.Ne.khasheep yourH6629 →

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Leviticus 26:26When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,Deuteronomy 28:4The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.Job 18:16–19The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.Deuteronomy 28:16You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.Psalms 109:9–15May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.Deuteronomy 5:9You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,Leviticus 26:19–20I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,Lamentations 2:20Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?Hosea 9:11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.Luke 23:29–30Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’Lamentations 2:11–12My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.Malachi 2:3Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.Hosea 9:11–14Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.Deuteronomy 28:53Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.Genesis 9:25he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.Jeremiah 15:7I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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