You will be driven mad by the sights you see.
Parallel translations
- WEB so that the sights that you see with your eyes will drive you mad.
- KJV So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
- NKJV So you shall be driven mad because of the sight which your eyes see.
- NASB You will also be driven insane by the sight of what you see.
- NLT You will go mad because of all the tragedy you see around you.
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Quick answer
The horrors they witness will drive them to madness.
Overview
The relentless suffering and loss overwhelm the mind itself. Seeing such devastation pushes the people into despair and insanity. This shows the psychological devastation that accompanies the covenant curses.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Deut 28:28The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,
- Isa 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
- Rev 16:10–11And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish
- Deut 28:68The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
- Jer 25:15–16This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
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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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