`You shall not make for yourselves 1 aidols
, nor
shall you set
up for yourselves ban image
or ca sacred pillar
, nor
shall you place
a dfigured
stone
in your land
to bow
down
2to it; for I am the LORD
your God
.
` aYou shall keep My sabbaths
and reverence
My sanctuary
; I am the LORD
.
` aIf you walk
in My statutes
and keep
My commandments
so as to carry
them out,
then aI shall give you rains
in their season
, so that the land
will yield
its produce
and the trees
of the field
will bear
their fruit
.
` aIndeed, your threshing will last
for you until
grape
gathering
, and grape
gathering
will last
until
sowing
time
. You will thus eat
your 1food
to the full
and blive
securely
in your land
.
` aI shall also grant peace
in the land
, so that byou may lie
down
with no
one
making you tremble
. cI shall also eliminate
harmful
beasts
from the land
, and dno
sword
will pass
through
your land
.
`But you will chase your enemies
and they will fall
before
you by the sword
;
afive of you will chase
a hundred
, and a hundred
of you will chase
ten
thousand
, and your enemies
will fall
before
you by the sword
.
`So I will turn toward
you and amake you fruitful
and multiply
you, and I will bconfirm
My covenant
with you.
` aYou will eat the old
supply
and clear
out the old
because
of the new
.
` aMoreover, I will make My 1dwelling
among
you, and My soul
will not 2reject
you.
` aI will also walk among
you and be your God
, and you shall be My people
.
` aI am the LORD your God
, who
brought
you out of the land
of Egypt
so
that you would not be their slaves
, and bI broke
the bars
of your yoke
and made you walk
erect
.
` aBut if you do not obey
Me and do not carry
out all
these
commandments
,
if, instead, you areject
My statutes
, and if
your soul
abhors
My ordinances
so as not to carry
out all
My commandments
, and so bbreak
My covenant
,
I, in turn, will do
this
to you: I will appoint
over
you a asudden
terror
, consumption
and fever
that will waste
away
the eyes
and cause the bsoul
to pine
away
; also, cyou will sow
your seed
uselessly
, for your enemies
will eat
it up.
`I will set My face
against you so that you will be struck
down
before
your enemies
; and athose who hate
you will rule
over you, and byou will flee
when no
one
is pursuing
you.
`If also after
these
things
you do not obey
Me, then I will punish
you aseven
times
more
for your sins
.
`I will also abreak down
your pride
of power
; I will also make
your sky
like iron
and your earth
like bronze
.
` aYour strength will be spent
uselessly
, for your land
will not yield
its produce
and the trees
of the land
will not yield
their fruit
.
`If then, you 1 aact
with hostility
against
Me and are unwilling
to obey
Me, I will increase
the plague
on you bseven
times
according to your sins
.
` aI will let loose
among you the beasts
of the field
, which will bereave
you of your children
and destroy
your cattle
and reduce
your number so that byour roads
lie
deserted
.
` aAnd if by these
things
you are not turned
to Me, but act
with hostility
against
Me,
then I will aact with hostility
against
you; and I, even
I, will strike
you bseven
times
for your sins
.
`I will also bring upon you a sword
which will execute
avengeance
for the covenant
; and when you gather
together into your cities
, I will send
bpestilence
among
you, so that you shall be delivered
into enemy
hands
.
` aWhen I break your staff
of bread
, ten
women
will bake
your bread
in one
oven
, and they will bring
back
your bread
1in rationed
amounts
, so that you will beat
and not be satisfied
.
`Yet if in spite of this
you do not obey
Me, but act
with hostility
against
Me,
then aI will act with wrathful
hostility
against
you, and I, even
I, will punish
you seven
times
for your sins
.
`Further, ayou will eat the flesh
of your sons
and the flesh
of your daughters
you will eat
.
`I then awill destroy your high
places
, and cut
down
your bincense
altars
, and heap
your 1remains
on the 1remains
of your idols
, for My soul
shall abhor
you.
`I will 1lay awaste
your cities
as well and will make
your bsanctuaries
desolate
, and I will not csmell
your soothing
aromas
.
`I will make athe land
desolate
bso that your enemies
who settle
in it will be appalled
over
it.
`You, however, I awill scatter among the nations
and will draw
out a sword
after
you, as your land
becomes
desolate
and your cities
become
waste
.
` aThen the land
will 1enjoy
its sabbaths
all
the days
of the desolation
, while you are in your enemies'
land
; then
the land
will rest
and 1enjoy
its sabbaths
.
`All the days
of its desolation
it will observe
the rest
which
it did not observe
on your sabbaths
, while you were living
on it.
`As for those of you who may be left, I will also bring
aweakness
into their hearts
in the lands
of their enemies
. And the sound
of a driven
leaf
will chase
them, and even when no
one is pursuing
they will flee
1as though
from the sword
, and they will fall
.
` aThey will therefore stumble over each
other
as if running from the sword
, although no
one
is pursuing
; and you will have
no strength 1to stand
up before
your enemies
.
`But ayou will perish among the nations
, and your enemies'
land
will consume
you.
` aSo those of you who may be left will rot
away
because of their iniquity
in the lands
of your enemies
; and also
because of the iniquities
of their forefathers
they will rot
away
with them.
` aIf they confess their iniquity
and the iniquity
of their forefathers
, in their unfaithfulness
which
they committed
against Me, and also
in their acting
with hostility
against
Me--
I also was acting
with hostility
against
them, to bring
them into the land
of their enemies
-- aor
if
their uncircumcised
heart
becomes
humbled
so that bthey then
make
amends
for their iniquity
,
then I will remember aMy covenant
with Jacob
, and I will remember
also
bMy covenant
with Isaac
, and cMy covenant
with Abraham
as well
, and I will remember
the land
.
` aFor the land will be abandoned
by them, and will make
up for its sabbaths
while it is made
desolate
without
them. They, meanwhile, will be making
amends
for their iniquity
, 1because
they rejected
My ordinances
and their bsoul
abhorred
My statutes
.
`Yet in spite of this
, when they are in the land
of their enemies
, I will not reject
them, nor
will I so aabhor
them as bto destroy
them, cbreaking
My covenant
with them; for I am the LORD
their God
.
`But I will remember for them the acovenant
with their ancestors
, whom
I brought
out of the land
of Egypt
in the sight
of the nations
, that bI might be their God
. I am the LORD
.' "
aThese are the statutes
and ordinances
and laws
which
the LORD
established
between
Himself and the sons
of Israel
1through
Moses
at Mount
Sinai
.