Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed. New Living Translation The LORD will change the rain that falls on your land into powder, and dust will pour down from the sky until you are destroyed. English Standard Version The LORD will make the rain of your land powder. From heaven dust shall come down on you until you are destroyed. Berean Standard Bible The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. King James Bible The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. New King James Version The LORD will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed. New American Standard Bible The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed. NASB 1995 “The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed. NASB 1977 “The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed. Amplified Bible The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it will come down on you until you are destroyed. Christian Standard Bible The LORD will turn the rain of your land into falling dust; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD will turn the rain of your land into falling dust; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. American Standard Version Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. Contemporary English Version He will send dust and sandstorms instead of rain, and you will be wiped out. English Revised Version The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD will send dust storms and sandstorms on you from the sky until you're destroyed. Good News Translation Instead of rain, the LORD will send down duststorms and sandstorms until you are destroyed. International Standard Version The LORD will change the rain on your land to powder and dust. It will come down from the sky until you are exterminated." Majority Standard Bible The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. NET Bible The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed. New Heart English Bible The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed. Webster's Bible Translation The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou art destroyed. World English Bible Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust. It will come down on you from the sky, until you are destroyed. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYHWH gives dust and ashes [for] the rain of your land; it comes down on you from the heavens until you are destroyed. Young's Literal Translation Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land -- dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed. Smith's Literal Translation Jehovah will give the rain of thy land dust and clay: from the heavens shall it come down upon thee, till he destroyed thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land, and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed. Catholic Public Domain Version May the Lord give you dust instead of rain upon your land, and may ashes descend from heaven over you, until you have been wiped away. New American Bible For rain the LORD will give your land powdery dust, which will come down upon you from the heavens until you are destroyed. New Revised Standard Version The LORD will change the rain of your land into powder, and only dust shall come down upon you from the sky until you are destroyed. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe LORD shall make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven shall they come down upon you, until you are destroyed. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated LORD JEHOVAH shall give the rain of your land, sand, and dust from Heaven shall come down upon you until He will destroy you. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The LORD will make the rain of thy land powder and dust; from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord thy God make the rain of thy land dust; and dust shall come down from heaven, until it shall have destroyed thee, and until it shall have quickly consumed thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Curses of Disobedience…23The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. 24The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. 25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.… Cross References 1 Kings 8:35 When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them, Jeremiah 14:4 The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. Amos 4:7 “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. Leviticus 26:19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, Isaiah 5:6 I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” Haggai 1:10-11 Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. / I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.” Zechariah 14:17 And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them. 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!” 2 Chronicles 6:26 When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them, Job 38:23-24 which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle? / In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. James 5:17-18 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops. Luke 4:25 But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. Revelation 11:6 These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. Acts 14:17 Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” Treasury of Scripture The LORD shall make the rain of your land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down on you, until you be destroyed. Deuteronomy 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; Job 18:15-21 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation… Jump to Previous Ashes Complete Country Destroyed Destruction Dust Heaven Heavens Powder Rain Sending Skies Sky TurnJump to Next Ashes Complete Country Destroyed Destruction Dust Heaven Heavens Powder Rain Sending Skies Sky TurnDeuteronomy 28 1. The blessings for obedience15. The curses for disobedience The LORD This phrase refers to Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel, who is both the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. In the Hebrew text, "Yahweh" is the personal name of God, emphasizing His eternal existence and faithfulness. The use of "The LORD" here underscores the divine authority and power behind the pronouncement of blessings and curses. It reminds the Israelites of their unique relationship with God, who has the sovereign right to bless or discipline His people according to their obedience or disobedience. will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will turn יִתֵּ֧ן (yit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set the rain מְטַ֥ר (mə·ṭar) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4306: Rain of your land אַרְצְךָ֖ (’ar·ṣə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land into dust אָבָ֣ק (’ā·ḇāq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 80: Light particles and powder; וְעָפָ֑ר (wə·‘ā·p̄ār) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud it will descend יֵרֵ֣ד (yê·rêḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend on you עָלֶ֔יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the sky הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky until עַ֖ד (‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while you are destroyed. הִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ׃ (hiš·šā·mə·ḏāḵ) Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed Links Deuteronomy 28:24 NIVDeuteronomy 28:24 NLT Deuteronomy 28:24 ESV Deuteronomy 28:24 NASB Deuteronomy 28:24 KJV Deuteronomy 28:24 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 28:24 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 28:24 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 28:24 French Bible Deuteronomy 28:24 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:24 Yahweh will make the rain of your (Deut. 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