Deuteronomy 28:59

Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:46 identifies these plagues as a sign and wonder, adding that they serve as a perpetual warning.

Deuteronomy 29:20-28 elaborates on the covenant curses and the Lord's anger, deepening the picture of the disasters warned about here.

Deuteronomy 31:17 describes God hiding his face and bringing disasters, relating to the fearful plagues warned here.

Deuteronomy 31:18 gives the reason for God hiding his face — idolatry — providing context for the plagues here.

Deuteronomy 32:22 depicts God's anger as a consuming fire, vividly illustrating the severe plagues warned about here.

In Deuteronomy 32:26, God's hypothetical intention to cut off Israel mirrors the severe judgment described here — both from Moses' covenant warnings.

In 1 Kings 9:7-9, God reiterates the curse of becoming a byword and suffering disaster, directly applying the Deuteronomic covenant to Solomon.

In 1 Kings 16:4, the specific curse of dogs and birds eating corpses matches the threat in Deuteronomy 28:26, a detail from the same curse list.

Daniel 9:12 Citation

In Daniel 9:12, Daniel explicitly cites the great calamity as the fulfillment of God's words spoken in the law, directly referencing Deuteronomy.

Mark 13:19 Allusion

In Mark 13:19, Jesus uses the same language of unprecedented tribulation, connecting the covenant curses to eschatological judgment.

2 Chronicles 21:15 describes a man's bowels disease — an example of the 'severe and chronic diseases' in the covenant curse.

Ezekiel 14:19 explicitly mentions God sending a plague to cut off man and beast — a direct parallel to the plague threat in v59.

Zechariah 14:12 describes a specific plague with rotting flesh — an eschatological example of the severe plague promised in v59.

Jeremiah 18:16 depicts land becoming a desolation and hissing — a fulfillment of the broader covenant curses that include the plagues of v59.

2 Chronicles 29:8 echoes the curse of becoming an object of horror (cf. Deut 28:37) — part of the same judgment context as the plagues in v59.