Deuteronomy 28:30

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

A man will be engaged to a woman, but before they can get married, she will be raped by enemy soldiers. Some of you will build houses, but never get to live in them. If you plant a vineyard, you won't be around long enough to enjoy the first harvest.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:11

Someone from your own family will cause you a lot of trouble, and I will take your wives and give them to another man before your very eyes. He will go to bed with them while everyone looks on.

Job 20:18

Their hard work will result in nothing gained,

Job 3:18

Everyone is there— where captives and slaves are free at last.

Job 31:10

then let some stranger steal my wife from me.

Isaiah 62:8

The LORD has given his word and made this promise: “Never again will I give to your enemies the grain and grapes for which you struggled.

Jeremiah 12:13

My people, you planted wheat, but because I was furious, I let only weeds grow. You wore yourselves out for nothing!

Jeremiah 6:12

I'll punish the people of Judah and give to others their houses and fields, as well as their wives. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 8:10

I'll give their wives and fields to strangers. Everyone is greedy and dishonest, whether poor or rich. Even the prophets and priests cannot be trusted.

Lamentations 5:11

On Zion and everywhere in Judah our wives and daughters are being raped.

Lamentations 5:2

Foreigners and strangers have taken our land and our homes.

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, dishonesty, murder, robbery, unfaithfulness— these happen all the time. Violence is everywhere.

Amos 5:11

you abuse the poor and demand heavy taxes from them. You have built expensive homes, but you won't enjoy them; you have planted vineyards, but you will get no wine.

Micah 6:15

You won't harvest what you plant or use the oil from your olive trees or drink the wine from grapes you grow.

Habakkuk 3:17

Fig trees may no longer bloom, or vineyards produce grapes; olive trees may be fruitless, and harvest time a failure; sheep pens may be empty, and cattle stalls vacant—

Zephaniah 1:13

Their possessions will be taken, their homes left in ruins. They won't get to live in the houses they build, or drink wine from the grapes in their own vineyards.

Deuteronomy 28:31

Your cattle will be killed while you watch, but you won't get to eat any of the meat. Your donkeys and sheep will be stolen from you, and no one will be around to force your enemies to give them back.