World English Bible
Deuteronomy 28:37
“You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 28
Yahweh will strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.
You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather [the grapes]; for the worm shall eat them.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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