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Deuteronomy 28:51-68

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 28:51-68

Psalms 128:2 - You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. Click to read the verse Psalms 128:2 Click to read the verse Psalms 128:2

Job 5:5 - The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after hi... Click to read the verse Job 5:5 Click to read the verse Job 5:5

Judges 6:3 - Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peopl... Click to read the verse Judges 6:3 Click to read the verse Judges 6:3

Genesis 14:11 - The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. Click to read the verse Genesis 14:11 Click to read the verse Genesis 14:11

Leviticus 26:26 - When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and... Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:26 Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:26

Leviticus 26:16 - then I will do this to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever tha... Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:16 Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:16

Job 31:8 - then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. Click to read the verse Job 31:8 Click to read the verse Job 31:8

Isaiah 1:7 - Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by forei... Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:7

Zephaniah 1:13 - Their wealth will be plundered, their houses demolished. They will build houses but not live in... Click to read the verse Zephaniah 1:13 Click to read the verse Zephaniah 1:13

Nehemiah 9:37 - Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule ... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:37 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:37

Deuteronomy 28:33 - A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have noth... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:33 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:33

Habakkuk 3:16-17 - I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my ... Click to read the verse Habakkuk 3:16-17 Click to read the verse Habakkuk 3:16-17

Jeremiah 15:13 - Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder, without charge, because of all your sins... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 15:13 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 15:13

Jeremiah 17:3 - My mountain in the land and your wealth and all your treasures I will give away as plunder, tog... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 17:3 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 17:3

Ezekiel 12:19 - Say to the people of the land: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says about those living in Jeru... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 12:19 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 12:19

Isaiah 62:8 - The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain... Click to read the verse Isaiah 62:8 Click to read the verse Isaiah 62:8

Judges 6:4 - They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thi... Click to read the verse Judges 6:4 Click to read the verse Judges 6:4

1 Samuel 23:1 - David Saves Keilah When David was told, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and ... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 23:1 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 23:1

Job 24:6 - They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked. Click to read the verse Job 24:6 Click to read the verse Job 24:6

Ezekiel 25:4 - therefore I am going to give you to the people of the East as a possession. They will set up th... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 25:4 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 25:4