So that you shall be driven mad by the sight which your eyes shall see: the cruel actions of their enemies will make them go crazy. New Jerusalem Bible has “you will be driven mad by the sights you see,” Biblia Dios Habla Hoy “when you see these things you will go crazy”; or we may say “when you [plural] see all these terrible things, you will go insane [or, lose your minds].”

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .