" aNow it shall be, if you diligently
1obey
the LORD
your God
, being
careful
to do
all
His commandments
which
I command
you today
, the LORD
your God
bwill set
you high
above
all
the nations
of the earth
.
"All these
blessings
will come
upon you and aovertake
you if
you 1obey
the LORD
your God
:
"Blessed shall you be in the city
, and blessed
shall you be ain the 1country
.
"Blessed shall be the 1offspring
of your 2body
and the 1produce
of your ground
and the 1offspring
of your beasts
, the increase
of your herd
and the young
of your flock
.
"Blessed shall be your basket
and your kneading
bowl
.
"Blessed shall you be awhen you come
in, and blessed
shall you be when you go
out.
"The LORD shall cause
your enemies
who rise
up against
you to be 1defeated
before
you; they will come
out against
you one
way
and will flee
before
you seven
ways
.
"The LORD will command
the blessing
upon you in your barns
and in aall
that you put
your hand
to, and He will bless
you in the land
which
the LORD
your God
gives
you.
" aThe LORD will establish
you as a holy
people
to Himself, as He swore
to you, if
you keep
the commandments
of the LORD
your God
and walk
in His ways
.
"So all the peoples
of the earth
will see
that 1 ayou are called
by the name
of the LORD
, and they will be afraid
of you.
" aThe LORD will make you abound
in prosperity
, in the 1offspring
of your 2body
and in the 1offspring
of your beast
and in the 1produce
of your ground
, in the land
which
the LORD
swore
to your fathers
to give
you.
"The LORD will open
for you His good
storehouse
, the heavens
, to give
rain
to your land
in its season
and to bless
all
the work
of your hand
; and ayou shall lend
to many
nations
, but you shall not borrow
.
" aThe LORD will make
you the head
and not the tail
, and you only
will be above
, and you will not be underneath
, if
you listen
to the commandments
of the LORD
your God
, which
I charge
you today
, to 1observe
them carefully
,
and ado not turn aside
from any
of the words
which
I command
you today
, to the right
or to the left
, to go
after
other
gods
to serve
them.
" aBut it shall come about, if
you do not 1obey
the LORD
your God
, to observe
to do
all
His commandments
and His statutes
with which
I charge
you today
, that all
these
curses
will come
upon you and overtake
you:
" aCursed shall you be in the city
, and cursed
shall you be in the 1country
.
" aCursed shall be your basket
and your kneading
bowl
.
" aCursed shall be the 1offspring
of your 2body
and the 1produce
of your ground
, the increase
of your herd
and the young
of your flock
.
" aCursed shall you be when you come
in, and cursed
shall you be when you go
out.
" aThe LORD will send
upon you curses
, confusion
, and brebuke
, in all
1you undertake
to do
, until
you are destroyed
and until
cyou perish
quickly
, on account
of the evil
of your deeds
, because
you have forsaken
Me.
" aThe LORD will make the pestilence
cling
to you until
He has consumed
you from the land
where
you are entering
to possess
it.
" aThe LORD will smite
you with consumption
and with fever
and with inflammation
and with fiery
heat
and with 1the sword
and bwith blight
and with mildew
, and they will pursue
you until
cyou perish
.
" 1The heaven which
is over
your head
shall be bronze
, and the earth
which
is under
you, iron
.
" aThe LORD will make
the rain
of your land
powder
and dust
; from heaven
it shall come
down
on you until
you are destroyed
.
" aThe LORD shall cause
you to be 1defeated
before
your enemies
; you will go
out one
way
against
them, but you will flee
seven
ways
before
them, and you will bbe an example of terror
to all
the kingdoms
of the earth
.
" aYour carcasses will be food
to all
birds
of the sky
and to the beasts
of the earth
, and there
will be no
one
to frighten
them away
.
" aThe LORD will smite
you with the boils
of Egypt
and with btumors
and with the scab
and with the itch
, from which
you cannot
be healed
.
"The LORD will smite
you with madness
and with blindness
and with bewilderment
of heart
;
and you will 1 agrope at noon
, as the blind
man
gropes
in darkness
, and you will not prosper
in your ways
; but you shall only
be oppressed
and robbed
continually
, with none
to save
you.
" aYou shall betroth a wife
, but another
man
will violate
her; byou shall build
a house
, but you will not live
in it; you shall plant
a vineyard
, but you will not 1use
its fruit
.
"Your ox shall be slaughtered
before your eyes
, but you will not eat
of it; your donkey
shall be torn
away
from you, and will not be restored
to you; your sheep
shall be given
to your enemies
, and you will have
none
to save
you.
" aYour sons and your daughters
shall be given
to another
people
, while your eyes
look
on and yearn
for them continually
; but there
will be nothing
1you can do
.
" aA people whom
you do not know
shall eat
up the produce
of your ground
and all
your labors
, and you will never
be anything
but oppressed
and crushed
continually
.
"You shall be driven mad
by the sight
of 1what
you see
.
" aThe LORD will strike
you on the knees
and legs
with sore
boils
, from which
you cannot
be healed
, from the sole
of your foot
to the crown
of your head
.
" aThe LORD will bring
you and your king
, whom
you set
over
you, to a nation
which
neither
you nor
your fathers
have known
, and there
you shall serve
other
gods
, bwood
and stone
.
" aYou shall become a horror
, a proverb
, and a taunt
among all
the people
where
the LORD
drives
you.
" aYou shall bring out much
seed
to the field
but you will gather
in little
, for bthe locust
will consume
it.
" aYou shall plant and cultivate
vineyards
, but you will neither
drink
of the wine
nor
gather
the grapes, for the worm
will devour
them.
" aYou shall have olive
trees
throughout
your territory
but you will not anoint
yourself with the oil
, for your olives
will drop
off
.
" aYou shall 1have sons
and daughters
but they will not be yours, for they will go
into captivity
.
" aThe cricket shall possess
all
your trees
and the produce
of your ground
.
" aThe alien who
is among
you shall rise
above
you higher
and higher
, but you will go
down
lower
and lower
.
" aHe shall lend to you, but you will not lend
to him; bhe shall be the head
, and you will be the tail
.
"So all these
curses
shall come
on you and pursue
you and overtake
you auntil
you are destroyed
, because
you would not 1obey
the LORD
your God
by keeping
His commandments
and His statutes
which
He commanded
you.
"They shall become aa sign
and a wonder
on you and your 1descendants
forever
.
" aBecause you did not serve
the LORD
your God
with joy
and a glad
heart
, for the abundance
of all
things
;
therefore you shall serve your enemies
whom
the LORD
will send
against you, ain hunger
, in thirst
, in nakedness
, and in the lack
of all
things
; and He bwill put
an iron
yoke
on your neck
until
He has destroyed
you.
" aThe LORD will bring
a nation
against
you from afar
, from the end
of the earth
, bas the eagle
swoops
down
, a nation
whose
language
you shall not understand
,
a nation of fierce
countenance
who
will ahave
no
respect
for the old
, nor
show
favor
to the young
.
"Moreover, it shall eat the 1offspring
of your herd
and the produce
of your ground
until
you are destroyed
, who
also leaves
you no
grain
, new
wine
, or oil
, nor
the increase
of your herd
or the young
of your flock
until
they have caused you to perish
.
" aIt shall besiege you in all
your 1towns
until
your high
and fortified
walls
in which
you trusted
come
down
throughout
your land
, and it shall besiege
you in all
your 1towns
throughout
your land
which
the LORD
your God
has given
you.
" aThen you shall eat the 1offspring
of your own body
, the flesh
of your sons
and of your daughters
whom
the LORD
your God
has given
you, during the siege
and the distress
by which
your enemy
will 2oppress
you.
"The man who is 1refined
and very
delicate
among you 2shall be hostile
toward his brother
and toward the wife
3he cherishes
and toward the rest
of his children
who
remain
,
so that he will not give
even one
of them any
of the flesh
of his children
which
he will eat
, since
he has nothing
else left
, during the siege
and the distress
by which
your enemy
will 1oppress
you in all
your 2towns
.
" aThe 1refined and delicate
woman
among you, who
would not venture
to set
the sole
of her foot
on the ground
for delicateness
and 2refinement
, 3shall be hostile
toward the husband
4she cherishes
and toward her son
and daughter
,
and toward her afterbirth which issues
from between
her 1legs
and toward her children
whom
she bears
; for ashe will eat
them secretly
for lack
of anything
else, during the siege
and the distress
by which
your enemy
will 2oppress
you in your 3towns
.
"If you are not careful
to observe
all
the words
of this
law
which are written
in this
book
, to 1 afear
this
honored
and awesome
bname
, 2the LORD
your God
,
then the LORD will bring
extraordinary
plagues
on you and 1your descendants
, even 2severe
and lasting
plagues
, and miserable
and chronic
sicknesses
.
" aHe will bring back
on you all
the diseases
of Egypt
of which
you were afraid
, and they will cling
to you.
"Also every
sickness
and every
plague
which
, not written
in the book
of this
law
, the LORD
will bring
on you auntil
you are destroyed
.
"Then you shall be left few
in number
, awhereas
you were as numerous
as the stars
of heaven
, because
you did not 1obey
the LORD
your God
.
"It shall come about that as the LORD
adelighted
over
you to prosper
you, and multiply
you, so
the LORD
will bdelight
over
you to make you perish
and destroy
you; and you will be ctorn
from the land
where
you are entering
to possess
it.
"Moreover, the LORD will ascatter
you among all
peoples
, from one end
of the earth
to the other end
of the earth
; and there
you shall bserve
other
gods
, wood
and stone
, which
you or your fathers
have not known
.
" aAmong those nations
you shall find
no
rest
, and there will be no
resting
place
for the sole
of your foot
; but there
bthe LORD
will give
you a trembling
heart
, failing
of eyes
, and despair
of soul
.
"So your life shall 1hang
in doubt before you; and you will be in dread
night
and day
, and shall have
no
assurance
of your life
.
" aIn the morning you shall say
, `Would
that it were evening
!' And at evening
you shall say
, `Would
that it were morning
!' because
of the dread
of your heart
which
you dread
, and for the sight
of your eyes
which
you will see
.
"The LORD will bring
you back
to Egypt
in ships
, by the way
about which
I spoke
to you, `You will never
see
it again
!' And there
you will offer
yourselves for sale
to your enemies
as male
and female
slaves
, but there
will be no
buyer
."