Deuteronomy 28:21

The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

The LORD {H3068} shall make the pestilence {H1698} cleave {H1692} unto thee, until he have consumed {H3615} thee from off the land {H127}, whither thou goest {H935} to possess {H3423} it.

"ADONAI will bring on you a plague that will stay with you until he has exterminated you from the land you are entering in order to take possession of it.

The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.

Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 26:25 (5 votes)

    And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of [my] covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

  • Jeremiah 24:10 (4 votes)

    And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

  • Numbers 14:12 (3 votes)

    I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

  • Jeremiah 15:2 (3 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as [are] for death, to death; and such as [are] for the sword, to the sword; and such as [are] for the famine, to the famine; and such as [are] for the captivity, to the captivity.

  • Exodus 5:3 (2 votes)

    ¶ And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

  • Jeremiah 21:6 (2 votes)

    And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

  • Jeremiah 21:7 (2 votes)

    And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.