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Deuteronomy 28:50-68

50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young.

51 They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined.

52 They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.

53 Because of the suffering that your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.

54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children,

55 and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.

56 The most gentle and sensitive woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter

57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For she intends to eat them secretly during the siege and in the distress that your enemy will inflict on you in your cities.

58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name—the Lord your God—

59 the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses.

60 He will bring upon you all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will cling to you.

61 The Lord will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.

62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God.

63 Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

64 Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart.

66 You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life.

67 In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.

68 The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.

Cross References for Deuteronomy 28:50-68

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Proverbs 7:13 - She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said: Click to read the verse Proverbs 7:13 Click to read the verse Proverbs 7:13

Ecclesiastes 8:1 - Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a man’s face an... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 8:1 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 8:1

Isaiah 47:6 - I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you s... Click to read the verse Isaiah 47:6 Click to read the verse Isaiah 47:6

Lamentations 2:21 - “Young and old lie together in the dust of the streets; my young men and maidens have fallen by... Click to read the verse Lamentations 2:21 Click to read the verse Lamentations 2:21

Luke 21:23-24 - How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be gre... Click to read the verse Luke 21:23-24 Click to read the verse Luke 21:23-24

Jeremiah 21:7 - After that, declares the Lord, I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the p... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 21:7 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 21:7

2 Chronicles 36:17 - He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians, who killed their young men with the swo... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 36:17 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 36:17

Daniel 7:7 - “After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying ... Click to read the verse Daniel 7:7 Click to read the verse Daniel 7:7

Hosea 13:16 - The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They... Click to read the verse Hosea 13:16 Click to read the verse Hosea 13:16

Ezekiel 30:11 - He and his army—the most ruthless of nations— will be brought in to destroy the land. They will... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 30:11 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 30:11