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Deuteronomy 28:43-45
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 28:43-45
New English Translation
43 The resident foreigners[a] who reside among you will become higher and higher over you, and you will become lower and lower. 44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them; they will become the head, and you will become the tail!
45 “All these curses will fall on you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the Lord your God by keeping his commandments and statutes that he has given[b] you.
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- Deuteronomy 28:43 tn Heb “the foreigner.” This is a collective singular and has therefore been translated as plural; this includes the pronouns in the following verse, which are also singular in the Hebrew text.
- Deuteronomy 28:45 tn Heb “commanded”; NAB, NIV, TEV “he gave you.”
Deuteronomy 28:43-45
New International Version
Deuteronomy 28:43-45
New International Version
43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower.(A) 44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them.(B) They will be the head, but you will be the tail.(C)
45 All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you(D) until you are destroyed,(E) because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.
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