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Deuteronomy 28:24

in Deuteronomy 28

The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

KJV

The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 28

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The rain of thy land powder and dust - As their heavens - atmosphere, clouds, etc., were to be as brass - yielding no rain; so the surface of the earth must be reduced to powder; and this, being frequently taken up by the strong winds, would fall down in showers instead of rain.

This site's exposition

The sky over your head will be bronze

on Deuteronomy 28:23-24

Leviticus 26:19 had the sky as iron and the land as bronze, and here the two metals trade places. The swap points to two chapters drawing on a shared stock of covenant language.

This site's exposition

into dust and powder

Wesley gives two readings: rain so useless it might as well be dust, or dust raised by the wind falling in place of rain. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take the second and describe sandstorms that bury cultivated ground. Either way the sky sends ruin.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

): Thy heaven over thy head, that part that is over thy land, shall be as dry as brass, while the heavens over other countries shall distil their dews; and, when the heaven is as brass, the earth of course will be as iron, so hard and unfruitful.

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The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

the rain of thy land powder and dust--an allusion probably to the dreadful effects of tornadoes in the East, which, raising the sands in immense twisted pillars, drive them along with the fury of a tempest. These shifting sands are most destructive to cultivated lands; and in consequence of their encroachments, many once fertile regions of the East are now barren deserts.

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The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • יִתֵּ֧ןhe will make

    yitenH5414 →2011 times

  • יְהוָ֛הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מְטַ֥ר[the] rain of

    metarH4306 →38 times

  • אַרְצְךָ֖land your

    ʾartzekhaH776 →2504 times

  • אָבָ֣קdust

    ʾavakH80 →

  • וְעָפָ֑רand dust

    veafarH6083 →110 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙the heavens

    hashamayimH8064 →421 times

  • יֵרֵ֣דit will come down

    yeredH3381 →381 times

  • עָלֶ֔יךָon you

    ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times

  • עַ֖דuntil

    ʾadH5704 →1261 times

  • הִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ׃being destroyed you

    hishamedakhH8045 →90 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.4 worksIsaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.3 worksAmos 4:11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.3 worksJob 18:15–21Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.2 worksGenesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Deuteronomy 28:12

    The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 15:6

      When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.

    • Joel 2:23–24

      Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as…

    • Deuteronomy 11:14

      then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.

    • Leviticus 26:4

      I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

    • Deuteronomy 15:10

      Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything…

  • Through

    Genesis 19:24

    Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 13:19

      And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Deuteronomy 29:23

      All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the…

  • Through

    Amos 4:11

    “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Zechariah 3:2

      And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 28 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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