Deuteronomy 28:22

Easy To Read Version

The Lord will punish you with diseases, fever, and swelling. The Lord will send you terrible heat and you will have no rain. Your crops will die from the heat and disease. [182] All these bad things will happen until you are destroyed!

Cross References

1 Kings 17:7

There was no rain, so after a time the stream became dry.

1 Kings 8:37

“The land might become very dry and no food will grow on it. Or maybe a great sickness will spread among the people. Maybe all of the food that is growing will be destroyed by insects. Or your people might be attacked in some of their cities by their enemies. Or many of your people might become sick.

2 Chronicles 6:28

“There might be a famine {\cf2\super [107]} in the land, or terrible sicknesses, or disease in the crops, or mildew, or locusts, or grasshoppers. Or if enemies attack the people of Israel in their cities, or if there is any kind of sickness in Israel,

Jeremiah 14:12

The people of Judah might begin to fast {\cf2\super [122]} \{and pray to me\}. But I will not listen to their prayers. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept those people. I will destroy the people of Judah with war. I will take away their food, and the people of Judah will starve. And I will destroy them with terrible diseases.”

Jeremiah 16:4

“Those people will die a terrible death. No person will cry for those people. No person will bury them. Their bodies will lie on the ground like dung. Those people will die by an enemy’s sword, or they will starve to death. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth.”

Leviticus 26:16

If you do that, then I will cause terrible things to happen to you. I will cause you to have disease and fever. They will destroy your eyes and take away your life. You will not have success when you plant your seed. And your enemies will eat your crops!

Amos 4:9

“I made your crops die from heat and disease. I destroyed your gardens and your fields of grapes. Locusts {\cf2\super [54]} ate your fig trees and olive trees. But you still didn’t come to me \{for help\}.” The Lord said those things.

Haggai 1:11

\{The Lord says,\} “I gave the command for the land and the mountains to be dry. The grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and everything the earth produces will all be ruined! {\cf2\super [4]} All the people and all the animals will become weak.”

Haggai 2:17

Why? Because I punished you. I sent the diseases that killed your plants. I sent the hail that destroyed the things you made with your hands. I did these things, but still you did not come to me.’ The Lord said these things.”

Haggai 2:19

Is there any grain still in the barn? \{No!\} Look at the vines, the fig trees, the pomegranates, {\cf2\super [11]} and the olive trees. Are they producing fruit? \{No!\} But, starting today, I will bless you!”

Zechariah 14:12

But the Lord will punish the nations that fought against Jerusalem. He will send a terrible disease against them. Their skin will begin to rot while the people are still alive. Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

Deuteronomy 28:23

{There will be no clouds in the sky}—the sky will look like polished brass. And the ground under you will be hard like iron.

Deuteronomy 32:24

They will become thin from hunger. Terrible diseases will destroy them. I will send wild animals against them. Poisonous snakes and lizards will bite them.

Deuteronomy 4:26

So, I am warning you now. Heaven and earth are my witnesses! If you do that evil thing, then you will quickly be destroyed! You are crossing the Jordan River now to take that land. But if you make any idols, then you will not live there very long. No, you will be completely destroyed!