Deuteronomy 28:48

“you will serve your enemies, whom YHWH will send against you, in hunger and in thirst and in nakedness and in lack of everything; and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.”

Deuteronomy 28:48 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 28:48, word by word

you will serveעָבַדְתָּavadta

serve

To serve a person.

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your enemiesאֹיְבֶיoyve

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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will sendיְשַׁלְּחֶyeshalche

send

To send someone or something.

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in hungerרָעָבraav

famine, hunger

Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.

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and in thirstצָמָאtsama

thirst

Thirst.

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and in nakednessעֵירֹםerom

nakedness

The state of one left without clothes or protection, in full view.

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and in lackחֹסֶרchoser

lack, want

Lack: want of what is needed.

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and he will putנָתַןnatan

put

To place something somewhere.

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a yokeעֹלol

yoke

Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.

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of ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel

iron

Iron; an iron tool.

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your neckצַוָּארֶtsavare

neck

The neck.

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he has destroyedהִשְׁמִידhishmid

destroy

Destroy completely, exterminate.

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The context

47Because you did not serve YHWH your Elohim with joy and with gladness of heart for the abundance of everything,

48 · This verse (above)

49YHWH will raise against you a nation from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops, a nation whose language you will not understand,

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