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Yahweh will strike you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.
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Sickness and Famine
Commentators explain that the curses in this verse fall into two main categories: severe diseases and agricultural ruin. The list includes various fevers, wasting illnesses ('consumption'), and inflammations. It also describes 'blasting' (crop damage from scorching winds) and 'mildew' (a blight on crops), which would lead directly to famine.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The curses correspond in form and number (Deuteronomy 28:15–19) to the blessings (Deuteronomy 28:3–6), and the special ways…
19th Century
Anglican
Consumption. — Only here and in Leviticus 26:16. “With which the flesh is consumed and puffed out” (Rashi).
Fever.<…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption An emaciation of their bodies, either through famine or wasting disease…
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