Ulangan 4:16

4:16 I say this ¹  so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,

Ulangan 28:20

Curses by Disease and Drought

28:20 “The Lord will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you ²  in everything you undertake ³  until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me. ⁴ 

Ulangan 32:24

32:24 They will be starved by famine,

eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; ⁵ 

I will send the teeth of wild animals against them,

along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.

Ulangan 32:35

32:35 I will get revenge and pay them back

at the time their foot slips;

for the day of their disaster is near,

and the impending judgment ⁶  is rushing upon them!”

[4:16]  ¹ tn The words “I say this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text v. 16 is subordinated to “Be careful” in v. 15, but this makes for an unduly long sentence in English.

[28:20]  ² tn Heb “the curse, the confusion, and the rebuke” (NASB and NIV similar); NRSV “disaster, panic, and frustration.”

[28:20]  ³ tn Heb “in all the stretching out of your hand.”

[28:20]  ⁴ tc For the MT first person common singular suffix (“me”), the LXX reads either “Lord” (Lucian) or third person masculine singular suffix (“him”; various codices). The MT’s more difficult reading probably represents the original text.

[28:20]  tn Heb “the evil of your doings wherein you have forsaken me”; CEV “all because you rejected the Lord.”

[32:24]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term קֶטֶב (qetev) is probably metaphorical here for the sting of a disease (HALOT 1091-92 s.v.).

[32:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “prepared things,” “impending things.” See BDB 800 s.v. עָתִיד.