^11:17Then the anger of the Lord will erupt³⁷ against you and he will close up the sky³⁸ so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed³⁹ from the good land that the Lord⁴⁰ is about to give you.

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Footnotes

37 Heb “will become hot”; , , “will be kindled”; “will flare up”; , “will burn.”
38 Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
39 Or “be destroyed”; , “will soon perish.”
40 Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and you will perish quickly off the good land that the Lord is giving you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you, and he will shut up the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the Lord is giving you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you. He will shut the sky, and there will be no rain; the land will not yield its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land the Lord is giving you.

NLTNew Living Translation

If you do, the Lord’s anger will burn against you. He will shut up the sky and hold back the rain, and the ground will fail to produce its harvests. Then you will quickly die in that good land the Lord is giving you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the heavens, and there shall not be rain, and so the ground will not give its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land that Yahweh is giving to you.

KJV 1900King James Version

And then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.

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