Deuteronomy 28:48 — King James Version← Study notes
“Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.”
Deuteronomy 28:48 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 28:4820 words
וְעָבַדְתָּwəʿāvadətāAnd work
אֶתʾet—
אֹיְבֶיךָʾōyəveyḵāHating
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּyəšaləḥenûSend
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בָּךְbāḵəIn
בְּרָעָבbərāʿāvIn hunger
וּבְצָמָאûvəṣāmāʾAnd in thirst
וּבְעֵירֹםûvəʿêrōmAnd in nudity
וּבְחֹסֶרûvəḥōserAnd in poverty
כֹּלkōlWhole
וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
עֹלʿōlYoke
בַּרְזֶלbarəzelIron
עַלʿalAbove
צַוָּארֶךָṣaûʾreḵāNeck
עַדʿadAs far
הִשְׁמִידוֹhišəmîdwōDesolate
אֹתָךְʾōtāḵə—
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