Deuteronomy 28:37 “You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the…”

Deuteronomy 28:37

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

World English Bible

You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.

Geneva Bible 1599

And thou shalt be a wonder, a prouerbe and a common talke among all people, whither the Lord shall carie thee.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.

Young's Literal Translation

and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.

Bible in Basic English

And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.

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Cross references

“become”

Jeremiah 24:9 Jeremiah 25:9 2 Chronicles 7:20 Zechariah 8:13 Deuteronomy 28:28 Deuteronomy 29:22–28

Jeremiah 24:9 · BSB

I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

Jeremiah 25:9 · BSB

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surro…

2 Chronicles 7:20 · BSB

then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

Zechariah 8:13 · BSB

As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”

Deuteronomy 28:28 · BSB

The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,

Deuteronomy 29:22–28 · BSB

Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

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

In context

36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

38You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.

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