Deuteronomy 28:21-22 -

The afflictive visitations here named are such as destroy life; but the distinctive character of each it is not easy exactly to define. The pestilence is probably a generic term for any fatal epidemic. In the LXX . it is usually represented by the general word Odoacer , death. Consumption ; literally, wasting ; the designation of any species of tabes or marasmus. Fever ( דַּלֶּקֶת , from דָּלַק , to be parched, to glow); inflammation ( חַחְתֻר , from חָרַר , to burn); burning fever ( קַדַּחַת , from קָדַח , to kindle): different species of pyrexia, the distinction between which has not been determined. The sword . Instead of חֶרֶב , sword, the Vulgate, Arabic, and Samaritan adopt the reading חֹרֶב , heat, drought ( Genesis 31:40 ); but all the other versions support the reading of the received text, and there is no reason why it should be departed from, more especially as drought is threatened in the verse that follows. Blasting and with mildew ; diseases that attack the grain ( Amos 4:9 ); the former ( שִׁדָּפוֹן , from שָׁדַּף , to scorch, to blast) a withering or scorching of the ears caused by the east wind ( Genesis 41:23 ); the latter ( יֵרָקוֹן , from יָרַק , to be yellowish) the effect produced by a hot wind, which turns the ears yellow, so that they are rendered unproductive.