Deuteronomy 11:17 “or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the…”

Deuteronomy 11:17

or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

World English Bible

and the LORD’s anger be kindled against you, and he shut up the sky so that there is no rain, and the land doesn’t yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you.

American Standard Version

and the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah giveth you.

Geneva Bible 1599

And so the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and he shut vp the heauen, that there be no raine, and that your lande yeelde not her fruit, and yee perish quickly from the good land, which the Lord giueth you.

Darby Translation

and Jehovah's wrath kindle against you, and he shut up the heavens, that there be no rain, and that the ground yield not its produce, and ye perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah is giving you.

Young's Literal Translation

and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and He hath restrained the heavens, and there is no rain, and the ground doth not give her increase, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which Jehovah is giving to you.

Bible in Basic English

For if you do so, the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and the heaven will be shut up so that there is no rain and the land will give no fruit; and in a very little time you will be cut off from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

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Cross references

“the Lord's”

Deuteronomy 6:15 Deuteronomy 30:17 Deuteronomy 30:18

Deuteronomy 6:15 · BSB

For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 30:17 · BSB

But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,

Deuteronomy 30:18 · BSB

I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

“shut up”

1 Kings 8:35 2 Chronicles 6:26 Amos 4:7 1 Kings 17:1 2 Chronicles 7:13 Jeremiah 14:1–6

1 Kings 8:35 · BSB

When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

2 Chronicles 6:26 · BSB

Amos 4:7 · BSB

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

1 Kings 17:1 · BSB

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

2 Chronicles 7:13 · BSB

If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,

Jeremiah 14:1–6 · BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

“ye perish”

Deuteronomy 4:26 Joshua 23:13–16 Deuteronomy 8:19 Deuteronomy 8:20

Deuteronomy 4:26 · BSB

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

Joshua 23:13–16 · BSB

know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this go…

Deuteronomy 8:19 · BSB

If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

Deuteronomy 8:20 · BSB

Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,

18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

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