You will go mad because of all the tragedy you see around you.
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.
- BSB You will be driven mad by the sights you 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.
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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 28:28Yahweh will strike you with madness, with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.
- Isa 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
- Rev 16:10–11The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain,
- Deut 28:68Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I told to you that you would never see it again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies for male and female slaves, and nobody will buy you.
- Jer 25:15–16For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to me: “take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink 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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