Deuteronomy 28:37 KJV
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
Thou and Ye
- thou, thee one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
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Cross References
- 1 Kings 9:7–8 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: …
- Jeremiah 24:9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
- Jeremiah 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
- Deuteronomy 28:28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
- Deuteronomy 29:22–28 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; …
- Psalms 44:13–14 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. …
- Joel 2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
- Zechariah 8:13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Dispensation of God
- Backsliders General scriptures concerning
- Disobedience to God Denunciations against
- Holy spirit Israelites
- Idolatry Denunciations against
- Judgments Denounced against disobedience
- Obedience Enjoined
- Reprobacy General scriptures concerning
- Reverence A motive of obedience
- War God uses, as a judgment
- Wicked (people) Punishment of
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And thou shalt become an astonishment וְהָיִיתָ wĕhāyîtā Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine singular · with and לְשַׁמָּה lĕšammâ שַׁמָּה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition
- a proverb לְמָשָׁל lĕmāšāl מָשָׁל Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
- and a byword וְלִשְׁנִינָה wĕlišnînâ שְׁנִינָה Noun · feminine singular · with and, preposition
- among all nations בְּכֹל bĕkōl Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition הָעַמִּים hāʿammîm עַם Noun · masculine plural · with the
- whither the LORD אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name שָׁמָּה šāmmâ Adverb · with ending: toward
- shall lead יְנַהֶגְךָ yĕnahegkā נָהַג Verb · piel imperfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: second person masculine singular
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