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From Defeat to Exile

25 “The Lord will cause you to be defeated[a] by your enemies. You’ll go out against them in one direction, but you’ll flee from them in seven directions. Consequently, you’ll be in a state of great terror throughout all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 Your dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth, with no one to chase them away.

27 “The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, skin disease, and festering rashes, and none of them will be curable.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:25 Lit. be struck down

25 The Lord will cause you to be defeated(A) before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven,(B) and you will become a thing of horror(C) to all the kingdoms on earth.(D) 26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds(E) and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.(F) 27 The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt(G) and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.

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