A Comparison of the Covenantal Curses in Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28

Text	Curse	Text	Curse
Lev 26:16	fear of death (level 1)	Deut 28:20	mental confusion
Lev 26:16	debilitating illnesses (cholera, tuberculosis, etc.)	Deut 28: 22, 27, 35, 59, 60–61	debilitating illnesses, boils, tumors, scab, itch, the diseases of Egypt, severe plagues, chronic sicknesses
Lev 26:16	high fever	Deut 28:22	fever, inflammation, fiery heat
Lev 26:16	progressive blindness	Deut 28:28	blindness
Lev 26:16	mental depression (or dry throat)	Deut 28: 28, 48	bewilderment of heart (thirst)
Lev 26:16	futility       (level 1)	Deut 28: 16–20	cursed basket & kneading bowl, rebuke in all they do
Lev 26:16	hunger/famine, enemies eating the crops (level 1)	Deut 28: 33, 51	unknown people will eat their produce, nation from afar will eat animals, crops, wine, oil
Lev 26:16	enemy in land (oppression)	Deut 28: 31, 33, 44, 48	enemies will steal animals, eat all the food, lend to the Jews, make them slaves
Lev 26:17	rejection by Yahweh (level 1)	Deut 28:20	the people are cursed by Yahweh for rejecting him
Text	Curse	Text	Curse
Lev 26:17	military defeat (level 1)	Deut 28:22	sword/war, pursued & killed
Lev 26:17	enemy rule, occupation, & oppression (level 1)	Deut 28: 29, 43–44	oppressed & robbed by enemies in the land
Lev 26:17	paranoia (level 2)	Deut 28: 28, 34	madness, bewilderment
Lev 26:19	humiliation	Deut 28: 47–48, 68	hunger, thirst, nakedness, slavery, destruction, no buyer for Jewish slaves
Lev 26:19	severe drought (no rain)	Deut 28: 23–24	severe drought (no rain)
Lev 26:19	soil problems	Deut 28: 18, 23–24	soil problems, cursed produce of the ground
Lev 26:20	futility (level 2)	Deut 28:29	mental & spiritual darkness, not prosper, robbed & oppressed continually
Lev 26:20	poor harvests (crops & fruit)	Deut 28: 17, 38–40, 42	will use a large amount of seed for a small harvest, pests will consume grain & fruit
Lev 26:22	constant danger & death by wild animals (children, livestock, adults)	Deut 28: 26, 31	observe their ox slaughtered, human bodies being eaten by birds & beasts
Lev 26:22	decreased population	Deut 28:18	infertility
Lev 26:22	empty highways	Deut 28:16	cursed in the city & country
Lev 26:24	rejection by Yahweh (level 2)	Deut 28: 19, 33	cursed when they come out & go in, oppressed & crushed continually by enemy
Lev 26:25	military defeat, war (level 2)	Deut 28: 25, 49–50	defeated before their enemies, attacked by a fierce faraway nation with no mercy
Text	Curse	Text	Curse
Lev 26:25	death by war	Deut 28: 20, 26	they will perish quickly, their corpses will be left on the field
Lev 26:25	siege of cities	Deut 28: 52–53, 55, 57	towns & cities besieged, walls torn down, intense hunger, siege, & distress
Lev 26:25	pestilence, plagues on people & crops	Deut 28: 21–22	pestilence, blight, & mildew
Lev 26:26	hunger/famine (level 2)	Deut 28:48	hunger & thirst
Lev 26:28	rejection & wrath by Yahweh (level 3)	Deut 28: 37, 45	the people will be a horror, proverb, taunt in captivity, pursued & destroyed
Lev 26:29	hunger/famine (level 3)	Deut 28: 55, 57	nothing left but people to eat
Lev 26:29	cannibalism of children	Deut 28: 53–57	they will eat their offspring & afterbirths in secret
Lev 26:30	destruction of the worship sites
Lev 26:30	unburied corpses in the land	Deut 28:26	the unburied corpses are eaten by birds & beasts
Lev 26:30	rejection by Yahweh (level 3)	Deut 28: 21, 46–47, 63	removed from the land, they will perish, be destroyed, & be torn from the land
Lev 26:31	destruction of the cities	Deut 28: 16, 52, 57	cursed in the city, opposition, siege, & removed walls
Lev 26:31	desolation of sanctuaries
Lev 26:31	ending of legal sacrifices
Lev 26:32	desolation of the land	Deut 28: 45, 63	population destroyed & survivors removed from the land
Lev 26:32	enemies dwelling in the land in place of the Jews	Deut 28:43	the aliens in the land will prosper & lead
Text	Curse	Text	Curse
Lev 26:33	exile & captivity	Deut 28: 36, 41, 68	exile, increased idolatry in foreign lands, children sent into captivity, brought back to Egypt as slaves
Lev 26:33	dispersion of the exiles	Deut 28: 37, 64, 68	driven among other peoples, scattered to the ends of earth, brought to Egypt in ships
Lev 26:33	death by cruel captors	Deut 28: 22, 31–33, 45	pursued by the sword, destroyed, continually crushed, no one to deliver
Lev 26:34	prolonged captivity	Deut 28:32	they will yearn for children’s return, but they will not return
Lev 26:36	further decreased population	Deut 28: 45, 62	left few in number, curses will pursue them until destroyed
Lev 26:36	timidity, no courage, demoralization	Deut 28: 34, 65	driven mad by what they witness, anguish, & despair of soul
Lev 26:36	extreme anxiety & paranoia	Deut 28: 65, 67	no rest for mind or body while they are in captivity, & a trembling heart, dread
Lev 26:36	stress-related deaths	Deut 28:66	their lives will hang in doubt before them
Lev 26:37	injuries by mass attempts to flee imagined enemies
Lev 26:37	unable to defend themselves against attacks	Deut 28:25	they will flee seven ways before their enemies
Lev 26:38	death & dispersion during the exile	Deut 28: 20, 61, 68	they will perish quickly, be destroyed in captivity, be sent back to Egypt in ships
Lev 26:39	extreme mental anguish that destroys health	Deut 28: 65–67	mental anguish, deep despair, despondency, dread of heart
		Deut 28:18	cursed offspring of their bodies, herds, & flocks
Text	Curse	Text	Curse
		Deut 28:30	their wives will be raped
		Deut 28:30	after their house is built it is occupied by others
		Deut 28:30	vineyard planted, but they will receive no fruit
		Deut 28: 38, 39, 42	crops consumed by crickets, locusts, & worms
		Deut 28:40	olives will drop off trees before they are ripe
		Deut 28:41	their children will become slaves in captivity
		Deut 28:36	their king will go into captivity