“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].” (Deuteronomy
28:1-68 AV)
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