Deuteronomy 28:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Your businesses and farms will fail.

Cross References

Genesis 5:29

Lamech said, “I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort, as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the LORD has put under a curse.”

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead. One day he went to King Ahab and said, “I'm a servant of the living LORD, the God of Israel. And I swear in his name that it won't rain until I say so. There won't even be any dew on the ground.”

1 Kings 17:12

The widow answered, “In the name of the living LORD your God, I swear that I don't have any bread. All I have is a handful of flour and a little olive oil. I'm on my way home now with these few sticks to cook what I have for my son and me. After that, we will starve to death.”

1 Kings 17:5

Elijah obeyed the LORD and went to live near Cherith Brook.

Job 24:18

Those sinners are filthy foam on the surface of the water. And so, their fields and vineyards will fall under a curse and won't produce.

Proverbs 3:33

He places a curse on the home of everyone who is evil, but he blesses the home of every good person.

Isaiah 43:28

That's why I don't allow your priests to serve me; I let Israel be destroyed and your people disgraced.

Jeremiah 14:18

In the fields I see the bodies of those killed in battle. And in the towns I see crowds dying of hunger. But the prophets and priests go about their business, without understanding what has happened.”

Jeremiah 26:6

I will destroy this temple, just as I destroyed the town of Shiloh. Then everyone on earth will use the name “Jerusalem” as a curse word.

Jeremiah 44:22

And when he could no longer put up with your disgusting sins, he placed a curse on your land and turned it into a desert, as it is today.

Jeremiah 9:11

I heard the LORD reply, “When I have finished, Jerusalem and the towns of Judah will be piles of ruins where only jackals live.”

Lamentations 1:1

Jerusalem, once so crowded, lies deserted and lonely. This city that was known all over the world is now like a widow. This queen of the nations has been made a slave.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is scorched from fever and hunger.

Joel 1:4

Swarm after swarm of locusts has attacked our crops, eating everything in sight.

Joel 2:3

Fiery flames surround them; no one escapes. Before they invaded, the land was like Eden; now only a desert remains.

Zechariah 5:4

The LORD All-Powerful has said, “I am sending this scroll into the house of everyone who is a robber or tells lies in my name, and it will remain there until every piece of wood and stone in that house crumbles.”

Malachi 2:2

You had better take seriously the need to honour my name. Otherwise, when you give a blessing, I will turn it into a curse. In fact, I have already done this, because you haven't taken to heart your duties as priests.

Malachi 4:6

He will lead children and parents to love each other more, so that when I come, I won't bring doom to the land.