¹ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

² And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

³ Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

⁴ Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

⁵ Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

⁶ Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

⁷ The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

⁸ The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

⁹ The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

¹⁰ And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

¹¹ And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

¹² The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

¹³ And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

¹⁴ And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

¹⁵ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

¹⁷ Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

¹⁹ Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

²⁰ The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

²¹ The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

²² The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

²³ And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

²⁴ The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

²⁵ The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

²⁶ And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

²⁷ The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

²⁸ The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

²⁹ And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

³⁰ Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

³¹ Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

³² Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand.

³³ The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

³⁴ So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

³⁵ The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

³⁶ The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

³⁷ And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

³⁸ Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

³⁹ Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

⁴⁰ Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

⁴¹ Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

⁴² All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

⁴³ The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

⁴⁴ He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

⁴⁵ Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

⁴⁶ And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

⁴⁷ Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

⁴⁸ Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

⁴⁹ The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

⁵⁰ A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young:

⁵¹ And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

⁵² And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

⁵³ And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

⁵⁴ So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

⁵⁵ So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

⁵⁶ The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

⁵⁷ And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

⁵⁸ If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

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.

⁶⁰ Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

⁶¹ Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

⁶² And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

⁶³ And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

⁶⁴ And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

⁶⁵ And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

⁶⁶ And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

⁶⁷ In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

⁶⁸ And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

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¹ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken ^H8085 diligently ^H8085 unto the voice ^H6963 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God, ^H430 to observe ^H8104 and to do ^H6213 all his commandments ^H4687 which I command ^H6680 thee this day, ^H3117 that the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 will set ^H5414 thee on high ^H5945 above all nations ^H1471 of the earth: ^H776

² And all these blessings ^H1293 shall come ^H935 on thee, and overtake ^H5381 thee, if thou shalt hearken ^H8085 unto the voice ^H6963 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God. ^H430

³ Blessed ^H1288 shalt thou be in the city, ^H5892 and blessed ^H1288 shalt thou be in the field. ^H7704

⁴ Blessed ^H1288 shall be the fruit ^H6529 of thy body, ^H990 and the fruit ^H6529 of thy ground, ^H127 and the fruit ^H6529 of thy cattle, ^H929 the increase ^H7698 of thy kine, ^H504 and the flocks ^H6251 of thy sheep. ^H6629

⁵ Blessed ^H1288 shall be thy basket ^H2935 and thy store. ^H4863

⁶ Blessed ^H1288 shalt thou be when thou comest in, ^H935 and blessed ^H1288 shalt thou be when thou goest out. ^H3318

⁷ The LORD ^H3068 shall cause ^H5414 thine enemies ^H341 that rise up ^H6965 against thee to be smitten ^H5062 before thy face: ^H6440 they shall come out ^H3318 against thee one ^H259 way, ^H1870 and flee ^H5127 before ^H6440 thee seven ^H7651 ways. ^H1870

⁸ The LORD ^H3068 shall command ^H6680 the blessing ^H1293 upon thee in thy storehouses, ^H618 and in all that thou settest ^H4916 thine hand ^H3027 unto; and he shall bless ^H1288 thee in the land ^H776 which the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 giveth ^H5414 thee.

⁹ The LORD ^H3068 shall establish ^H6965 thee an holy ^H6918 people ^H5971 unto himself, as he hath sworn ^H7650 unto thee, if thou shalt keep ^H8104 the commandments ^H4687 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God, ^H430 and walk ^H1980 in his ways. ^H1870

¹⁰ And all people ^H5971 of the earth ^H776 shall see ^H7200 that thou art called ^H7121 by the name ^H8034 of the LORD; ^H3068 and they shall be afraid ^H3372 of thee.

¹¹ And the LORD ^H3068 shall make thee plenteous ^H3498 in goods, ^H2896 in the fruit ^H6529 of thy body, ^H990 and in the fruit ^H6529 of thy cattle, ^H929 and in the fruit ^H6529 of thy ground, ^H127 in the land ^H127 which the LORD ^H3068 sware ^H7650 unto thy fathers ^H1 to give ^H5414 thee.

¹² The LORD ^H3068 shall open ^H6605 unto thee his good ^H2896 treasure, ^H214 the heaven ^H8064 to give ^H5414 the rain ^H4306 unto thy land ^H776 in his season, ^H6256 and to bless ^H1288 all the work ^H4639 of thine hand: ^H3027 and thou shalt lend ^H3867 unto many ^H7227 nations, ^H1471 and thou shalt not borrow. ^H3867

¹³ And the LORD ^H3068 shall make ^H5414 thee the head, ^H7218 and not the tail; ^H2180 and thou shalt be above only, ^H4605 and thou shalt not be beneath; ^H4295 if that thou hearken ^H8085 unto the commandments ^H4687 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God, ^H430 which I command ^H6680 thee this day, ^H3117 to observe ^H8104 and to do ^H6213 them:

¹⁴ And thou shalt not go aside ^H5493 from any of the words ^H1697 which I command ^H6680 thee this day, ^H3117 to the right hand, ^H3225 or to the left, ^H8040 to go ^H3212 after ^H310 other ^H312 gods ^H430 to serve ^H5647 them.

¹⁵ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken ^H8085 unto the voice ^H6963 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God, ^H430 to observe ^H8104 to do ^H6213 all his commandments ^H4687 and his statutes ^H2708 which I command ^H6680 thee this day; ^H3117 that all these curses ^H7045 shall come ^H935 upon thee, and overtake ^H5381 thee:

¹⁶ Cursed ^H779 shalt thou be in the city, ^H5892 and cursed ^H779 shalt thou be in the field. ^H7704

¹⁷ Cursed ^H779 shall be thy basket ^H2935 and thy store. ^H4863

¹⁸ Cursed ^H779 shall be the fruit ^H6529 of thy body, ^H990 and the fruit ^H6529 of thy land, ^H127 the increase ^H7698 of thy kine, ^H504 and the flocks ^H6251 of thy sheep. ^H6629

¹⁹ Cursed ^H779 shalt thou be when thou comest in, ^H935 and cursed ^H779 shalt thou be when thou goest out. ^H3318

²⁰ The LORD ^H3068 shall send ^H7971 upon thee cursing, ^H3994 vexation, ^H4103 and rebuke, ^H4045 in all that thou settest ^H4916 thine hand ^H3027 unto for to do, ^H6213 until thou be destroyed, ^H8045 and until thou perish ^H6 quickly; ^H4118 because ^H6440 of the wickedness ^H7455 of thy doings, ^H4611 whereby thou hast forsaken ^H5800 me.

²¹ The LORD ^H3068 shall make the pestilence ^H1698 cleave ^H1692 unto thee, until he have consumed ^H3615 thee from off the land, ^H127 whither thou goest ^H935 to possess ^H3423 it.

²² The LORD ^H3068 shall smite ^H5221 thee with a consumption, ^H7829 and with a fever, ^H6920 and with an inflammation, ^H1816 and with an extreme burning, ^H2746 and with the sword, ^H2719 and with blasting, ^H7711 and with mildew; ^H3420 and they shall pursue ^H7291 thee until thou perish. ^H6

²³ And thy heaven ^H8064 that is over thy head ^H7218 shall be brass, ^H5178 and the earth ^H776 that is under thee shall be iron. ^H1270

²⁴ The LORD ^H3068 shall make ^H5414 the rain ^H4306 of thy land ^H776 powder ^H80 and dust: ^H6083 from heaven ^H8064 shall it come down ^H3381 upon thee, until thou be destroyed. ^H8045

²⁵ The LORD ^H3068 shall cause ^H5414 thee to be smitten ^H5062 before ^H6440 thine enemies: ^H341 thou shalt go out ^H3318 one ^H259 way ^H1870 against them, and flee ^H5127 seven ^H7651 ways ^H1870 before ^H6440 them: and shalt be removed ^H2189 into all the kingdoms ^H4467 of the earth. ^H776

²⁶ And thy carcase ^H5038 shall be meat ^H3978 unto all fowls ^H5775 of the air, ^H8064 and unto the beasts ^H929 of the earth, ^H776 and no man shall fray them away. ^H2729

²⁷ The LORD ^H3068 will smite ^H5221 thee with the botch ^H7822 of Egypt, ^H4714 and with the emerods, ^{H2914 H6076} and with the scab, ^H1618 and with the itch, ^H2775 whereof thou canst ^H3201 not be healed. ^H7495

²⁸ The LORD ^H3068 shall smite ^H5221 thee with madness, ^H7697 and blindness, ^H5788 and astonishment ^H8541 of heart: ^H3824

²⁹ And thou shalt grope ^H4959 at noonday, ^H6672 as the blind ^H5787 gropeth ^H4959 in darkness, ^H653 and thou shalt not prosper ^H6743 in thy ways: ^H1870 and thou shalt be only oppressed ^H6231 and spoiled ^H1497 evermore, ^H3117 and no man shall save ^H3467 thee.

³⁰ Thou shalt betroth ^H781 a wife, ^H802 and another ^H312 man ^H376 shall lie ^{H7901 H7693} with her: thou shalt build ^H1129 an house, ^H1004 and thou shalt not dwell ^H3427 therein: thou shalt plant ^H5193 a vineyard, ^H3754 and shalt not gather the grapes ^H2490 thereof.

³¹ Thine ox ^H7794 shall be slain ^H2873 before thine eyes, ^H5869 and thou shalt not eat ^H398 thereof: thine ass ^H2543 shall be violently taken away ^H1497 from before thy face, ^H6440 and shall not be restored ^H7725 to thee: thy sheep ^H6629 shall be given ^H5414 unto thine enemies, ^H341 and thou shalt have none to rescue ^H3467 them.

³² Thy sons ^H1121 and thy daughters ^H1323 shall be given ^H5414 unto another ^H312 people, ^H5971 and thine eyes ^H5869 shall look, ^H7200 and fail ^H3616 with longing for them all the day ^H3117 long: and there shall be no might ^H410 in thine hand. ^H3027

³³ The fruit ^H6529 of thy land, ^H127 and all thy labours, ^H3018 shall a nation ^H5971 which thou knowest ^H3045 not eat up; ^H398 and thou shalt be only oppressed ^H6231 and crushed ^H7533 alway: ^H3117

³⁴ So that thou shalt be mad ^H7696 for the sight ^H4758 of thine eyes ^H5869 which thou shalt see. ^H7200

³⁵ The LORD ^H3068 shall smite ^H5221 thee in the knees, ^H1290 and in the legs, ^H7785 with a sore ^H7451 botch ^H7822 that cannot ^H3201 be healed, ^H7495 from the sole ^H3709 of thy foot ^H7272 unto the top of thy head. ^H6936

³⁶ The LORD ^H3068 shall bring ^H3212 thee, and thy king ^H4428 which thou shalt set ^H6965 over thee, unto a nation ^H1471 which neither thou nor thy fathers ^H1 have known; ^H3045 and there shalt thou serve ^H5647 other ^H312 gods, ^H430 wood ^H6086 and stone. ^H68

³⁷ And thou shalt become an astonishment, ^H8047 a proverb, ^H4912 and a byword, ^H8148 among all nations ^H5971 whither the LORD ^H3068 shall lead ^H5090 thee.

³⁸ Thou shalt carry ^H3318 much ^H7227 seed ^H2233 out ^H3318 into the field, ^H7704 and shalt gather ^H622 but little ^H4592 in; ^H622 for the locust ^H697 shall consume ^H2628 it.

³⁹ Thou shalt plant ^H5193 vineyards, ^H3754 and dress ^H5647 them, but shalt neither drink ^H8354 of the wine, ^H3196 nor gather ^H103 the grapes; for the worms ^H8438 shall eat ^H398 them.

⁴⁰ Thou shalt have olive trees ^H2132 throughout all thy coasts, ^H1366 but thou shalt not anoint ^H5480 thyself with the oil; ^H8081 for thine olive ^H2132 shall cast ^H5394 his fruit.

⁴¹ Thou shalt beget ^H3205 sons ^H1121 and daughters, ^H1323 but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go ^H3212 into captivity. ^H7628

⁴² All thy trees ^H6086 and fruit ^H6529 of thy land ^H127 shall the locust ^H6767 consume. ^H3423

⁴³ The stranger ^H1616 that is within ^H7130 thee shall get up ^H5927 above thee very ^H4605 high; ^H4605 and thou shalt come down ^H3381 very ^H4295 low. ^H4295

⁴⁴ He shall lend ^H3867 to thee, and thou shalt not lend ^H3867 to him: he shall be the head, ^H7218 and thou shalt be the tail. ^H2180

⁴⁵ Moreover all these curses ^H7045 shall come ^H935 upon thee, and shall pursue ^H7291 thee, and overtake ^H5381 thee, till thou be destroyed; ^H8045 because thou hearkenedst ^H8085 not unto the voice ^H6963 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God, ^H430 to keep ^H8104 his commandments ^H4687 and his statutes ^H2708 which he commanded ^H6680 thee:

⁴⁶ And they shall be upon thee for a sign ^H226 and for a wonder, ^H4159 and upon thy seed ^H2233 for ^H5704 ever. ^H5769

⁴⁷ Because thou servedst ^H5647 not the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 with joyfulness, ^H8057 and with gladness ^H2898 of heart, ^H3824 for the abundance ^H7230 of all things;

⁴⁸ Therefore shalt thou serve ^H5647 thine enemies ^H341 which the LORD ^H3068 shall send ^H7971 against thee, in hunger, ^H7458 and in thirst, ^H6772 and in nakedness, ^H5903 and in want ^H2640 of all things: and he shall put ^H5414 a yoke ^H5923 of iron ^H1270 upon thy neck, ^H6677 until he have destroyed ^H8045 thee.

⁴⁹ The LORD ^H3068 shall bring ^H5375 a nation ^H1471 against thee from far, ^H7350 from the end ^H7097 of the earth, ^H776 as swift as the eagle ^H5404 flieth; ^H1675 a nation ^H1471 whose tongue ^H3956 thou shalt not understand; ^H8085

⁵⁰ A nation ^H1471 of fierce ^H5794 countenance, ^H6440 which shall not regard ^H5375 the person ^H6440 of the old, ^H2205 nor shew favour ^H2603 to the young: ^H5288

⁵¹ And he shall eat ^H398 the fruit ^H6529 of thy cattle, ^H929 and the fruit ^H6529 of thy land, ^H127 until thou be destroyed: ^H8045 which also shall not leave ^H7604 thee either corn, ^H1715 wine, ^H8492 or oil, ^H3323 or the increase ^H7698 of thy kine, ^H504 or flocks ^H6251 of thy sheep, ^H6629 until he have destroyed ^H6 thee.

⁵² And he shall besiege ^H6887 thee in all thy gates, ^H8179 until thy high ^H1364 and fenced ^H1219 walls ^H2346 come down, ^H3381 wherein ^H2004 thou trustedst, ^H982 throughout all thy land: ^H776 and he shall besiege ^H6887 thee in all thy gates ^H8179 throughout all thy land, ^H776 which the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 hath given ^H5414 thee.

⁵³ And thou shalt eat ^H398 the fruit ^H6529 of thine own body, ^H990 the flesh ^H1320 of thy sons ^H1121 and of thy daughters, ^H1323 which the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 hath given ^H5414 thee, in the siege, ^H4692 and in the straitness, ^H4689 wherewith thine enemies ^H341 shall distress ^H6693 thee:

⁵⁴ So that the man ^H376 that is tender ^H7390 among you, and very ^H3966 delicate, ^H6028 his eye ^H5869 shall be evil ^H3415 toward his brother, ^H251 and toward the wife ^H802 of his bosom, ^H2436 and toward the remnant ^H3499 of his children ^H1121 which he shall leave: ^H3498

⁵⁵ So that he will not give ^H5414 to any ^H259 of them of the flesh ^H1320 of his children ^H1121 whom he shall eat: ^H398 because he hath nothing left ^H7604 him in the siege, ^H4692 and in the straitness, ^H4689 wherewith thine enemies ^H341 shall distress ^H6693 thee in all thy gates. ^H8179

⁵⁶ The tender ^H7390 and delicate ^H6028 woman among you, which would not adventure ^H5254 to set ^H3322 the sole ^H3709 of her foot ^H7272 upon the ground ^H776 for delicateness ^H6026 and tenderness, ^H7391 her eye ^H5869 shall be evil ^H3415 toward the husband ^H376 of her bosom, ^H2436 and toward her son, ^H1121 and toward her daughter, ^H1323

⁵⁷ And toward her young one ^H7988 that cometh out ^H3318 from between her feet, ^H7272 and toward her children ^H1121 which she shall bear: ^H3205 for she shall eat ^H398 them for want ^H2640 of all things secretly ^H5643 in the siege ^H4692 and straitness, ^H4689 wherewith thine enemy ^H341 shall distress ^H6693 thee in thy gates. ^H8179

⁵⁸ If thou wilt not observe ^H8104 to do ^H6213 all the words ^H1697 of this law ^H8451 that are written ^H3789 in this book, ^H5612 that thou mayest fear ^H3372 this glorious ^H3513 and fearful ^H3372 name, ^H8034 THE LORD ^H3068 THY GOD; ^H430

⁵⁹ Then the LORD ^H3068 will make ^H6381 thy plagues ^H4347 wonderful, ^H6381 and the plagues ^H4347 of thy seed, ^H2233 even great ^H1419 plagues, ^H4347 and of long continuance, ^H539 and sore ^H7451 sicknesses, ^H2483 and of long continuance. ^H539

⁶⁰ Moreover he will bring ^H7725 upon thee all the diseases ^H4064 of Egypt, ^H4714 which thou wast afraid ^H3025 of; ^H6440 and they shall cleave ^H1692 unto thee.

⁶¹ Also every sickness, ^H2483 and every plague, ^H4347 which is not written ^H3789 in the book ^H5612 of this law, ^H8451 them will the LORD ^H3068 bring ^H5927 upon thee, until thou be destroyed. ^H8045

⁶² And ye shall be left ^H7604 few ^H4592 in number, ^H4962 whereas ^H834 ye were as the stars ^H3556 of heaven ^H8064 for multitude; ^H7230 because thou wouldest not obey ^H8085 the voice ^H6963 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God. ^H430

⁶³ And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD ^H3068 rejoiced ^H7797 over you to do you good, ^H3190 and to multiply ^H7235 you; so the LORD ^H3068 will rejoice ^H7797 over you to destroy ^H6 you, and to bring you to nought; ^H8045 and ye shall be plucked ^H5255 from off the land ^H127 whither thou goest ^H935 to possess ^H3423 it.

⁶⁴ And the LORD ^H3068 shall scatter ^H6327 thee among all people, ^H5971 from the one end ^H7097 of the earth ^H776 even unto the other; ^H7097 and there thou shalt serve ^H5647 other ^H312 gods, ^H430 which neither thou nor thy fathers ^H1 have known, ^H3045 even wood ^H6086 and stone. ^H68

⁶⁵ And among these ^H1992 nations ^H1471 shalt thou find no ease, ^H7280 neither shall the sole ^H3709 of thy foot ^H7272 have rest: ^H4494 but the LORD ^H3068 shall give ^H5414 thee there a trembling ^H7268 heart, ^H3820 and failing ^H3631 of eyes, ^H5869 and sorrow ^H1671 of mind: ^H5315

⁶⁶ And thy life ^H2416 shall hang ^H8511 in doubt before ^H5048 thee; and thou shalt fear ^H6342 day ^H3119 and night, ^H3915 and shalt have none assurance ^H539 of thy life: ^H2416

⁶⁷ In the morning ^H1242 thou shalt say, ^H559 Would God it were ^H5414 even! ^H6153 and at even ^H6153 thou shalt say, ^H559 Would God it were ^H5414 morning! ^H1242 for the fear ^H6343 of thine heart ^H3824 wherewith thou shalt fear, ^H6342 and for the sight ^H4758 of thine eyes ^H5869 which thou shalt see. ^H7200

⁶⁸ And the LORD ^H3068 shall bring ^H7725 thee into Egypt ^H4714 again ^H7725 with ships, ^H591 by the way ^H1870 whereof I spake ^H559 unto thee, Thou shalt see ^H7200 it no more again: ^H3254 and there ye shall be sold ^H4376 unto your enemies ^H341 for bondmen ^H5650 and bondwomen, ^H8198 and no man shall buy ^H7069 you.

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¹ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:

² and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

³ Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

⁴ Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

⁵ Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

⁶ Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

⁷ Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.

⁸ Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

⁹ Jehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.

¹⁰ And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah; and they shall be afraid of thee.

¹¹ And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

¹² Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

¹³ And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do `them',

¹⁴ and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

¹⁵ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.

¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

¹⁷ Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

¹⁹ Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

²⁰ Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

²¹ Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.

²² Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

²³ And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

²⁴ Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

²⁵ Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.

²⁶ And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.

²⁷ Jehovah will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

²⁸ Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

²⁹ and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.

³⁰ Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

³¹ Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.

³² Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people; and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.

³³ The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;

³⁴ so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

³⁵ Jehovah will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head.

³⁶ Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

³⁷ And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.

³⁸ Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

³⁹ Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather `the grapes'; for the worm shall eat them.

⁴⁰ Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast `its fruit'.

⁴¹ Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.

⁴² All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.

⁴³ The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.

⁴⁴ He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

⁴⁵ And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

⁴⁶ and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

⁴⁷ Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;

⁴⁸ therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

⁴⁹ Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

⁵⁰ a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

⁵¹ and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish.

⁵² And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land; and they shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.

⁵³ And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee.

⁵⁴ The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;

⁵⁵ so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in all thy gates.

⁵⁶ The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

⁵⁷ and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

⁵⁸ If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;

⁵⁹ then Jehovah 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.

⁶⁰ And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

⁶¹ Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jehovah bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

⁶² And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

⁶³ And it shall come to pass, that, as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

⁶⁴ And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.

⁶⁵ And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but Jehovah will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;

⁶⁶ and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life.

⁶⁷ In the morning thou shalt say, Would it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would it were morning! for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

⁶⁸ And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

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¹ `And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,

² and all these blessings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee, because thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God:

³ `Blessed `art' thou in the city, and blessed `art' thou in the field.

⁴ `Blessed `is' the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock.

⁵ `Blessed `is' thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

⁶ `Blessed `art' thou in thy coming in, and blessed `art' thou in thy going out.

⁷ `Jehovah giveth thine enemies, who are rising up against thee -- smitten before thy face; in one way they come out unto thee, and in seven ways they flee before thee.

⁸ `Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

⁹ `Jehovah doth establish thee to Himself for a holy people, as He hath sworn to thee, when thou keepest the commands of Jehovah thy God, and hast walked in His ways;

¹⁰ and all the peoples of the land have seen that the name of Jehovah is called upon thee, and they have been afraid of thee.

¹¹ `And Jehovah hath made thee abundant in good, in the fruit of the womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.

¹² `Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure -- the heavens -- to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou -- thou dost not borrow.

¹³ `And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do,

¹⁴ and thou dost not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you to-day -- right or left -- to go after other gods, to serve them.

¹⁵ `And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee:

¹⁶ `Cursed `art' thou in the city, and cursed `art' thou in the field.

¹⁷ `Cursed `is' thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

¹⁸ `Cursed `is' the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock.

¹⁹ `Cursed `art' thou in thy coming in, and cursed `art' thou in thy going out.

²⁰ `Jehovah doth send on thee the curse, the trouble, and the rebuke, in every putting forth of thy hand which thou dost, till thou art destroyed, and till thou perish hastily, because of the evil of thy doings `by' which thou hast forsaken Me.

²¹ `Jehovah doth cause to cleave to thee the pestilence, till He consume thee from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it.

²² `Jehovah doth smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with sword, and with blasting, and with mildew, and they have pursued thee till thou perish

²³ `And thy heavens which `are' over thy head have been brass, and the earth which `is' under thee iron;

²⁴ Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land -- dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed.

²⁵ `Jehovah giveth thee smitten before thine enemies; in one way thou goest out unto them, and in seven ways dost flee before them, and thou hast been for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth;

²⁶ and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling.

²⁷ `Jehovah doth smite thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and with emerods, and with scurvy, and with itch, of which thou art not able to be healed.

²⁸ `Jehovah doth smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

²⁹ and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.

³⁰ `A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common;

³¹ thine ox `is' slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou dost not eat of it; thine ass `is' taken violently away from before thee, and it is not given back to thee; thy sheep `are' given to thine enemies, and there is no saviour for thee.

³² `Thy sons and thy daughters `are' given to another people, and thine eyes are looking and consuming for them all the day, and thy hand is not to God!

³³ The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labour, eat up doth a people whom thou hast not known; and thou hast been only oppressed and bruised all the days;

³⁴ and thou hast been mad, because of the sight of thine eyes which thou dost see.

³⁵ `Jehovah doth smite thee with an evil ulcer, on the knees, and on the legs (of which thou art not able to be healed), from the sole of thy foot even unto thy crown.

³⁶ `Jehovah doth cause thee to go, and thy king whom thou raisest up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers, and thou hast served there other gods, wood and stone;

³⁷ and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.

³⁸ `Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it;

³⁹ vineyards thou dost plant, and hast laboured, and wine thou dost not drink nor gather, for the worm doth consume it;

⁴⁰ olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off.

⁴¹ `Sons and daughters thou dost beget, and they are not with thee, for they go into captivity;

⁴² all thy trees and the fruit of thy ground doth the locust possess;

⁴³ the sojourner who `is' in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low;

⁴⁴ he doth lend `to' thee, and thou dost not lend `to' him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.

⁴⁵ `And come upon thee have all these curses, and they have pursued thee, and overtaken thee, till thou art destroyed, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which he hath commanded thee;

⁴⁶ and they have been on thee for a sign and for a wonder, also on thy seed -- to the age.

⁴⁷ `Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things --

⁴⁸ thou hast served thine enemies, whom Jehovah sendeth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and he hath put a yoke of iron on thy neck, till He hath destroyed thee.

⁴⁹ `Jehovah doth lift up against thee a nation, from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle it flieth; a nation whose tongue thou hast not heard,

⁵⁰ a nation -- fierce of countenance -- which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour;

⁵¹ and it hath eaten the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, till thou art destroyed; which leaveth not to thee corn, new wine, and oil, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock, till it hath destroyed thee.

⁵² `And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee;

⁵³ and thou hast eaten the fruit of thy body, flesh of thy sons and thy daughters (whom Jehovah thy God hath given to thee), in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemies do straiten thee.

⁵⁴ `The man who is tender in thee, and who `is' very delicate -- his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth,

⁵⁵ against giving to one of them of the flesh of his sons whom he eateth, because he hath nothing left to him, in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee in all thy gates.

⁵⁶ `The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness -- her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,

⁵⁷ and against her seed which cometh out from between her feet, even against her sons whom she doth bear, for she doth eat them for the lacking of all things in secret, in the siege and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee within thy gates.

⁵⁸ `If thou dost not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honoured and fearful name -- Jehovah thy God --

⁵⁹ then hath Jehovah made wonderful thy strokes, and the strokes of thy seed -- great strokes, and stedfast, and evil sicknesses, and stedfast.

⁶⁰ `And He hath brought back on thee all the diseases of Egypt, of the presence of which thou hast been afraid, and they have cleaved to thee;

⁶¹ also every sickness and every stroke which is not written in the book of this law; Jehovah doth cause them to go up upon thee till thou art destroyed,

⁶² and ye have been left with few men, instead of which ye have been as stars of the heavens for multitude, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.

⁶³ `And it hath been, as Jehovah hath rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so doth Jehovah rejoice over you to destroy you, and to lay you waste; and ye have been pulled away from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it;

⁶⁴ and Jehovah hath scattered thee among all the peoples, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth; and thou hast served there other gods which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers -- wood and stone.

⁶⁵ `And among those nations thou dost not rest, yea, there is no resting-place for the sole of thy foot, and Jehovah hath given to thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and grief of soul;

⁶⁶ and thy life hath been hanging in suspense before thee, and thou hast been afraid by night and by day, and dost not believe in thy life;

⁶⁷ in the morning thou sayest, O that it were evening! and in the evening thou sayest, O that it were morning! from the fear of thy heart, with which thou art afraid, and from the sight of thine eyes which thou seest.

⁶⁸ `And Jehovah hath brought thee back to Egypt with ships, by a way of which I said to thee, Thou dost not add any more to see it, and ye have sold yourselves there to thine enemies, for men-servants and for maid-servants, and there is no buyer.'

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¹ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee supreme above all nations of the earth;

² and all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

³ Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

⁴ Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.

⁵ Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

⁶ Blessed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and blessed shalt thou be in thy going out.

⁷ Jehovah will give up, smitten before thee, thine enemies that rise up against thee; they shall come out against thee one way, and by seven ways shall they flee before thee.

⁸ Jehovah will command blessing on thee in thy granaries, and in all the business of thy hand; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

⁹ Jehovah will establish thee unto himself a holy people as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.

¹⁰ And all peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah, and they shall be afraid of thee.

¹¹ And Jehovah will give thee abundance of good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land that Jehovah swore unto thy fathers to give thee.

¹² Jehovah will open to thee his good treasure, the heavens, to give rain unto thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.

¹³ And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to keep and to do them,

¹⁴ and if thou turn not aside from any of the words that I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

¹⁵ But it shall come to pass if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee.

¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

¹⁷ Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.

¹⁹ Cursed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be in thy going out.

²⁰ Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all the business of thy hand which thou doest, until thou be destroyed and until thou perish quickly, because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

²¹ Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

²² Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with burning ague, and with drought, and with blight, and with mildew, and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

²³ And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.

²⁴ Jehovah will give as the rain of thy land powder and dust; from the heavens shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed.

²⁵ Jehovah will give thee up smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out against them one way, and by seven ways shalt thou flee before them; and thou shalt be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth.

²⁶ And thy carcase shall be meat unto all the fowl of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no man to scare them away.

²⁷ Jehovah will smite thee with the ulcers of Egypt, and with boils, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

²⁸ Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

²⁹ and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled continually, and there shall be none to save.

³⁰ Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eat of it.

³¹ Thine ox shall be slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof; thine ass shall be snatched away from before thy face, and shall not return to thee; thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to recover them.

³² Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and languish for them all the day long; and there shall be no power in thy hand [to help it].

³³ The fruit of thy ground and all thy labour, shall a people that thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed continually.

³⁴ And thou shalt be mad through the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

³⁵ Jehovah will smite thee in the knees and in the legs with evil ulcers, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

³⁶ Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that neither thou nor thy fathers have known, and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

³⁷ And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.

³⁸ Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.

³⁹ Thou shalt plant and till vineyards, but shalt drink no wine, nor gather [the fruit]; for the worms shall eat it.

⁴⁰ Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit.

⁴¹ Sons and daughters shalt thou beget, but thou shalt not have them [to be with thee]; for they shall go into captivity.

⁴² All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.

⁴³ The sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.

⁴⁴ He shall lend to thee, but thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

⁴⁵ And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, until thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee.

⁴⁶ And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

⁴⁷ Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything,

⁴⁸ thou shalt serve thine enemies whom Jehovah will send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of everything; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

⁴⁹ Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, like as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou understandest not;

⁵⁰ a nation of fierce countenance, which regardeth not the person of the old, nor is kind to the young;

⁵¹ and he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; for he shall not leave thee corn, new wine, or oil, offspring of thy kine, or increase of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

⁵² And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and strong walls wherein thou trustedst come down, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.

⁵³ And in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee, thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee.

⁵⁴ The eye of the man in thy midst that is tender and very luxurious shall be evil towards his brother, and the wife of his bosom, and the residue of his children which he hath left;

⁵⁵ so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children that he eateth, because he hath nothing left him in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

⁵⁶ The eye of the tender and luxurious woman in thy midst who would not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground from luxuriousness and from tenderness, shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and her son, and her daughter,

⁵⁷ because of her afterbirth which hath come out between her feet, and her children whom she shall bear; for she shall secretly eat them for want of everything in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

⁵⁸ If thou wilt not take heed to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, to fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;

⁵⁹ then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, great and persistent plagues and evil and persistent sicknesses;

⁶⁰ and he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt which thou art afraid of, and they shall cleave unto thee.

⁶¹ Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jehovah bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

⁶² And ye shall be left a small company, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.

⁶³ And it shall come to pass, that as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whereunto thou goest to possess it.

⁶⁴ And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and thou shalt there serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, neither thou nor thy fathers, wood and stone.

⁶⁵ And among these nations shalt thou have no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foot have a resting-place, and Jehovah shall give thee there a trembling heart, languishing of the eyes, and pining of the soul.

⁶⁶ And thy life shall hang in suspense before thee; and thou shalt be in terror day and night and shalt be afraid of thy life.

⁶⁷ In the morning thou shalt say, Would that it were even! and in the evening thou shalt say, Would that it were morning! through the fright of thy heart wherewith thou shalt be in terror, and through the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

⁶⁸ And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it again no more; and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and there shall be no man to buy [you].

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¹ It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, who Yahweh your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth:

² and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

³ Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

⁴ Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your animals, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

⁵ Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.

⁶ Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

⁷ Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you: they shall come out against you one way, and shall flee before you seven ways.

⁸ Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

⁹ Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.

¹⁰ All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of Yahweh; and they shall be afraid of you.

¹¹ Yahweh will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.

¹² Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.

¹³ Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do [them],

¹⁴ and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

¹⁵ But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.

¹⁶ Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.

¹⁷ Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.

¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

¹⁹ Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.

²⁰ Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.

²¹ Yahweh will make the pestilence cleave to you, until he have consumed you from off the land, where you go in to possess it.

²² Yahweh will strike you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.

²³ Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.

²⁴ Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.

²⁵ Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.

²⁶ Your dead body shall be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.

²⁷ Yahweh will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed.

²⁸ Yahweh will strike you with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

²⁹ and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.

³⁰ You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use the fruit of it.

³¹ Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to save you.

³² Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand.

³³ The fruit of your ground, and all your labors, shall a nation which you don't know eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always;

³⁴ so that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.

³⁵ Yahweh will strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

³⁶ Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers; and there shall you serve other gods, wood and stone.

³⁷ You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.

³⁸ You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

³⁹ You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather [the grapes]; for the worm shall eat them.

⁴⁰ You shall have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olive shall cast [its fruit].

⁴¹ You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for they shall go into captivity.

⁴² All your trees and the fruit of your ground shall the locust possess.

⁴³ The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.

⁴⁴ He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

⁴⁵ All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:

⁴⁶ and they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed forever.

⁴⁷ Because you didn't serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;

⁴⁸ therefore shall you serve your enemies whom Yahweh shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck, until he have destroyed you.

⁴⁹ Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;

⁵⁰ a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

⁵¹ and shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; that also shall not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your cattle, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

⁵² They shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which Yahweh your God has given you.

⁵³ You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.

⁵⁴ The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining;

⁵⁵ so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he has nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your gates.

⁵⁶ The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

⁵⁷ and toward her young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.

⁵⁸ If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD;

⁵⁹ then Yahweh will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

⁶⁰ He will bring on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they shall cleave to you.

⁶¹ Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will Yahweh bring on you, until you are destroyed.

⁶² You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

⁶³ It shall happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Yahweh will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and you shall be plucked from off the land where you go in to possess it.

⁶⁴ Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.

⁶⁵ Among these nations shall you find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot: but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;

⁶⁶ and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.

⁶⁷ In the morning you shall say, Would it were even! and at even you shall say, Would it were morning! for the fear of your heart which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.

⁶⁸ Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I said to you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall sell yourselves to your enemies for bondservants and for bondmaids, and no man shall buy you.

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¹ Now if you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep with care all these orders which I have given you today, then the Lord your God will put you high over all the nations of the earth:

² And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.

³ A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.

⁴ A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.

⁵ A blessing will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.

⁶ A blessing will be on your coming in and on your going out.

⁷ By the power of the Lord, those who take arms against you will be overcome before you: they will come out against you one way, and will go in flight from you seven ways.

⁸ The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

⁹ The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.

¹⁰ And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the Lord is on you, and they will go in fear of you.

¹¹ And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you.

¹² Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.

¹³ The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;

¹⁴ Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.

¹⁵ But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:

¹⁶ You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.

¹⁷ A curse will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.

¹⁸ A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

¹⁹ You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

²⁰ The Lord will send on you cursing and trouble and punishment in everything to which you put your hand, till sudden destruction overtakes you; because of your evil ways in which you have been false to me.

²¹ The Lord will send disease after disease on you, till you have been cut off by death from the land to which you are going.

²² The Lord will send wasting disease, and burning pain, and flaming heat against you, keeping back the rain till your land is waste and dead; so will it be till your destruction is complete.

²³ And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron.

²⁴ The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust, sending it down on you from heaven till your destruction is complete.

²⁵ The Lord will let you be overcome by your haters: you will go out against them one way, and you will go in flight before them seven ways: you will be the cause of fear among all the kingdoms of the earth.

²⁶ Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

²⁷ The Lord will send on you the disease of Egypt, and other sorts of skin diseases which nothing will make well.

²⁸ He will make your minds diseased, and your eyes blind, and your hearts wasted with fear:

²⁹ You will go feeling your way when the sun is high, like a blind man for whom all is dark, and nothing will go well for you: you will be crushed and made poor for ever, and you will have no saviour.

³⁰ You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

³¹ Your ox will be put to death before your eyes, but its flesh will not be your food: your ass will be violently taken away before your face, and will not be given back to you: your sheep will be given to your haters, and there will be no saviour for you.

³² Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, and your eyes will be wasted away with looking and weeping for them all the day: and you will have no power to do anything.

³³ The fruit of your land and all the work of your hands will be food for a nation which is strange to you and to your fathers; you will only be crushed down and kept under for ever:

³⁴ So that the things which your eyes have to see will send you out of your minds.

³⁵ The Lord will send a skin disease, attacking your knees and your legs, bursting out from your feet to the top of your head, so that nothing will make you well.

³⁶ And you, and the king whom you have put over you, will the Lord take away to a nation strange to you and to your fathers; there you will be servants to other gods of wood and stone.

³⁷ And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.

³⁸ You will take much seed out into the field, and get little in; for the locust will get it.

³⁹ You will put in vines and take care of them, but you will get no wine or grapes from them; for they will be food for worms.

⁴⁰ Your land will be full of olive-trees, but there will be no oil for the comfort of your body; for your olive-tree will give no fruit.

⁴¹ You will have sons and daughters, but they will not be yours; for they will go away prisoners into a strange land.

⁴² All your trees and the fruit of your land will be the locust's.

⁴³ The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.

⁴⁴ He will let you have his wealth at interest, and will have no need of yours: he will be the head and you the tail.

⁴⁵ And all these curses will come after you and overtake you, till your destruction is complete; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, or keep his laws and his orders which he gave you:

⁴⁶ These things will come on you and on your seed, to be a sign and a wonder for ever;

⁴⁷ Because you did not give honour to the Lord your God, worshipping him gladly, with joy in your hearts on account of all your wealth of good things;

⁴⁸ For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.

⁴⁹ The Lord will send a nation against you from the farthest ends of the earth, coming with the flight of an eagle; a nation whose language is strange to you;

⁵⁰ A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:

⁵¹ He will take the fruit of your cattle and of your land till death puts an end to you: he will let you have nothing of your grain or wine or oil or any of the increase of your cattle or the young of your flock, till he has made your destruction complete.

⁵² Your towns will be shut in by his armies, till your high walls, in which you put your faith, have come down: his armies will be round your towns, through all your land which the Lord your God has given you.

⁵³ And your food will be the fruit of your body, the flesh of the sons and daughters which the Lord your God has given you; because of your bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters.

⁵⁴ That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;

⁵⁵ And will not give to any of them the flesh of his children which will be his food because he has no other; in the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

⁵⁶ The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;

⁵⁷ And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

⁵⁸ If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;

⁵⁹ Then the Lord your God will make your punishment, and the punishment of your seed, a thing to be wondered at; great punishments and cruel diseases stretching on through long years.

⁶⁰ He will send on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which were a cause of fear to you, and they will take you in their grip.

⁶¹ And all the diseases and the pains not recorded in the book of this law will the Lord send on you till your destruction is complete.

⁶² And you will become a very small band, though your numbers were like the stars of heaven; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.

⁶³ And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and increasing you, so the Lord will take pleasure in cutting you off and causing your destruction, and you will be uprooted from the land which you are about to take as your heritage.

⁶⁴ And the Lord will send you wandering among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other: there you will be servants to other gods, of wood and stone, gods of which you and your fathers had no knowledge.

⁶⁵ And even among these nations there will be no peace for you, and no rest for your feet: but the Lord will give you there a shaking heart and wasting eyes and weariness of soul:

⁶⁶ Your very life will be hanging in doubt before you, and day and night will be dark with fears, and nothing in life will be certain:

⁶⁷ In the morning you will say, If only it was evening! And at evening you will say, If only morning would come! Because of the fear in your hearts and the things which your eyes will see.

⁶⁸ And the Lord will take you back to Egypt again in ships, by the way of which I said to you, You will never see it again: there you will be offering yourselves as men-servants and women-servants to your haters for a price, and no man will take you.