Ulangan 28:22

28:22 He ¹  will afflict you with weakness, ²  fever, inflammation, infection, ³  sword, ⁴  blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

Ulangan 29:19

29:19 When such a person ⁵  hears the words of this oath he secretly ⁶  blesses himself ⁷  and says, “I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” ⁸  This will destroy ⁹  the watered ground with the parched. ¹⁰ 

Ulangan 8:15

8:15 and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents ¹¹  and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow ¹²  from a flint rock and

Ulangan 28:24

28:24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Ulangan 11:17

11:17 Then the anger of the Lord will erupt ¹³  against you and he will close up the sky ¹⁴  so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed ¹⁵  from the good land that the Lord ¹⁶  is about to give you.

Ulangan 21:4

21:4 and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, ¹⁷  to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. ¹⁸  There at the wadi they are to break the heifer’s neck.

[28:22]  ¹ tn Heb “The Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

[28:22]  ² tn Or perhaps “consumption” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV). The term is from a verbal root that indicates a weakening of one’s physical strength (cf. NAB “wasting”; NIV, NLT “wasting disease”).

[28:22]  ³ tn Heb “hot fever”; NIV “scorching heat.”

[28:22]  ⁴ tn Or “drought” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[29:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the subject of the warning in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “in his heart.”

[29:19]  ⁷ tn Or “invokes a blessing on himself.” A formalized word of blessing is in view, the content of which appears later in the verse.

[29:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “heart.”

[29:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “thus destroying.” For stylistic reasons the translation begins a new sentence here.

[29:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the watered with the parched.” The word “ground” is implied. The exact meaning of the phrase is uncertain although it appears to be figurative. This appears to be a proverbial observation employing a figure of speech (a merism) suggesting totality. That is, the Israelite who violates the letter and even spirit of the covenant will harm not only himself but everything he touches – “the watered and the parched.” Cf. CEV “you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.”

[8:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “flaming serpents”; KJV, NASB “fiery serpents”; NAB “saraph serpents.” This figure of speech (metonymy) probably describes the venomous and painful results of snakebite. The feeling from such an experience would be like a burning fire (שָׂרָף, saraf).

[8:15]  ¹² tn Heb “the one who brought out for you water.” In the Hebrew text this continues the preceding sentence, but the translation begins a new sentence here for stylistic reasons.

[11:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “will become hot”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “will be kindled”; NAB “will flare up”; NIV, NLT “will burn.”

[11:17]  ¹⁴ tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[11:17]  ¹⁵ tn Or “be destroyed”; NAB, NIV “will soon perish.”

[11:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 11:4.

[21:4]  ¹⁷ tn The combination “a wadi with flowing water” is necessary because a wadi (נַחַל, nakhal) was ordinarily a dry stream or riverbed. For this ritual, however, a perennial stream must be chosen so that there would be fresh, rushing water.

[21:4]  ¹⁸ sn The unworked heifer, fresh stream, and uncultivated valley speak of ritual purity – of freedom from human contamination.