Deu 28:25 | NET2full | STEP | “The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies ; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth .

Deuteronomy 28:25

Curses by Defeat and Deportation

25 “The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror ^{▼▼tc The meaningless MT reading זַעֲוָה (zaʿavah) is clearly a transposition of the more commonly attested Hebrew noun זְוָעָה (zevaʿah, “terror”).} to all the kingdoms of the earth.