Deuteronomy 28:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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 LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land--dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 28:24 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- 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.
- Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
- Isaiah 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.
- 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.
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