24 The Lord shall give thee for the rain of thy land, dust and ashes: even from [a]heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

25 And the Lord shall cause thee to fall before thine enemies: thou shalt come out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them, and shalt be [b]scattered through all the kingdoms of the earth.

26 And thy [c]carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and none shall fray them away.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:24 Or, out of the air as dust raised with wind.
  2. Deuteronomy 28:25 Some read, thou shalt be a terror and fear, when they shall hear how God hath plagued thee.
  3. Deuteronomy 28:26 Thou shalt be cursed both in thy life and in thy death: for the burial is a testimony of the resurrection which sign for thy wickedness thou shalt lack.

24 The Lord will turn the rain(A) of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

25 The Lord will cause you to be defeated(B) before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven,(C) and you will become a thing of horror(D) to all the kingdoms on earth.(E) 26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds(F) and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.(G)

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