Deuteronomy 11:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then the anger of the LORD will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the LORD is about to give you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחָרָ֨ה אַף־יְהוָ֜ה בָּכֶ֗ם וְעָצַ֤ר אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה מָטָ֔ר וְהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה לֹ֥א תִתֵּ֖ן אֶת־יְבוּלָ֑הּ וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֣ם מְהֵרָ֗ה מֵעַל֙ הָאָ֣רֶץ הַטֹּבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wəḥārâ 'ap̄-YHWH in-you wə'āṣar 'et-haššāmayim wəlō'-yihyeh māṭār wəhā'ăḏāmâ lō' titten 'et-yəḇûlāh wa'ăḇaḏtem məhērâ mē'al hā'āreṣ haṭṭōḇâ 'ăšer YHWH nōtēn to-you

Grammar Details

• *wəḥārâ*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - burn/be kindled/be angry
• *'ap̄-YHWH*: construct chain - anger/nose of YHWH
• *wə'āṣar*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - restrain/shut up/withhold
• *'et-haššāmayim*: direct object marker with definite article noun, masculine plural - the heavens
• *wəlō'-yihyeh*: negative particle with qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - not be/exist/happen
• *māṭār*: noun, masculine singular - rain
• *wəhā'ăḏāmâ*: conjunction with definite article noun, feminine singular - the ground/land/earth
• *lō' titten*: negative particle with qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - not give/grant/yield
• *'et-yəḇûlāh*: direct object marker with noun plus possessive suffix - its produce/yield/fruit
• *wa'ăḇaḏtem*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person masculine plural - perish/be destroyed/be lost
• *məhērâ*: adverb - quickly/speedily/hastily
• *mē'al*: preposition - from upon/from over
• *hā'āreṣ*: definite article noun, feminine singular - the land/earth/ground
• *haṭṭōḇâ*: definite article adjective, feminine singular - the good
• *'ăšer*: relative particle - which/that/who
• *nōtēn*: qal participle, masculine singular - giving/placing/putting

Word Meanings

• *wəḥārâ*: burn/be kindled/become angry
• *'ap̄*: nose/anger/wrath
• *wə'āṣar*: restrain/shut up/withhold/hold back
• *māṭār*: rain/rainfall
• *yəḇûlāh*: produce/yield/fruit/increase
• *wa'ăḇaḏtem*: perish/be destroyed/be lost/die
• *məhērâ*: quickly/speedily/hastily/soon
• *haṭṭōḇâ*: good/pleasant/agreeable/fertile

Referenced Verses

• Deut 4:26 : 26 I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely and swiftly be removed from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be annihilated.
• Deut 6:15 : 15 for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.
• 1 Kgs 8:35 : 35 “The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,
• 2 Chr 6:26 : 26 “The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,
• 2 Chr 7:13 : 13 When I close up the sky so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, or send a plague among my people,
• Deut 28:23-24 : 23 The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron. 24 The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
• Amos 4:7 : 7 “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.
• Hag 1:9-9 : 9 ‘You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little. And when you would bring it home, I would blow it right away. Why?’ asks the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.‘Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house! 10 This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce. 11 Moreover, I have called for a drought that will affect the fields, the hill country, the grain, new wine, fresh olive oil, and everything that grows from the ground; it also will harm people, animals, and everything they produce.’”
• Deut 30:17-18 : 17 However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods, 18 I declare to you this very day that you will certainly perish! You will not extend your time in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
• Josh 23:13-16 : 13 know for certain that the LORD our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God gave you. 14 “Look, today I am about to die. You know with all your heart and being that not even one of all the faithful promises the LORD your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized– not one promise is unfulfilled! 15 But in the same way every faithful promise the LORD your God made to you has been realized, it is just as certain, if you disobey, that the LORD will bring on you every judgment until he destroys you from this good land which the LORD your God gave you. 16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the LORD your God which he commanded you to keep, and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, the LORD will be very angry with you and you will disappear quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”
• Deut 8:19-20 : 19 Now if you forget the LORD your God at all and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated. 20 Just like the nations the LORD is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you because you would not obey him.
• Jer 14:1-6 : 1 A Lament over the Ravages of Drought This was the LORD’s message to Jeremiah about the drought. 2 “The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem. 3 The leading men of the cities send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns, but they do not find any water there. They return with their containers empty. Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands. 4 They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands. 5 Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field because there is no grass. 6 Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals. Their eyes are strained looking for food, because there is none to be found.”
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab,“As certainly as the LORD God of Israel lives(whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”