The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust. It will come down on you from the sky, until you are destroyed.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV 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.
- NASB The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.
- NLT 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.
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Quick answer
Instead of rain, God will send dust and powder from the sky to destroy the land.
Overview
The very heavens that should bring life-giving rain now rain down ruin. Dust storms replace refreshing showers as a sign of judgment. This dramatic reversal underscores that all of nature serves the covenant Lord.
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Cross-references · 5
- Deut 28:12The 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.
- Isa 5:24Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Amos 4:11I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
- Job 18:15–21It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
- Gen 19:24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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