Deuteronomy 28
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 carcase 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 labours, 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 shew favour * 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.
