24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
24 The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder. From heaven dust shall come down on you until you are destroyed.
24 From out of the skies God will rain ash and dust down on you until you suffocate.
24 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.
24 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.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:24
Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:15-44
(Read Deuteronomy 28:15-44)
If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which includes all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Observe the justice of this curse. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. The extent and power of this curse. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows; wherever he is, it rests upon him. Whatever he has is under a curse. All his enjoyments are made bitter; he cannot take any true comfort in them, for the wrath of God mixes itself with them. Many judgments are here stated, which would be the fruits of the curse, and with which God would punish the people of the Jews, for their apostacy and disobedience. We may observe the fulfilling of these threatenings in their present state. To complete their misery, it is threatened that by these troubles they should be bereaved of all comfort and hope, and left to utter despair. Those who walk by sight, and not by faith, are in danger of losing reason itself, when every thing about them looks frightful.