Deuteronomy 11:8-17

Deuteronomy 11:8-17

[8] Therefore shall ye keep  all the commandments  which  I command  you this day,  that ye may be strong,  and go in  and possess  the land,  whither ye go  to possess  [9] And that ye may prolong  your days  in the land,  which the LORD  sware  unto your fathers  to give  unto them and to their seed,  a land  that floweth  with milk  and honey.  [10] For the land,  whither thou goest in  to possess  it, is not as the land  of Egypt,  from whence ye came out,  where thou sowedst  thy seed,  and wateredst  it with thy foot,  as a garden  of herbs:  [11] But the land,  to possess  it, is a land  of hills  and valleys,  and drinketh  water  of the rain  of heaven:  [12] A land  which the LORD  thy God  careth for:  the eyes  of the LORD  thy God  are always  upon it, from the beginning  of the year  even unto the end  of the year.  [13] And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken  unto my commandments  which I command  you this day,  to love  the LORD  your God,  and to serve  him with all your heart  and with all your soul,  [14] That I will give  you the rain  of your land  in his due season,  the first rain  and the latter rain,  that thou mayest gather  in thy corn,  and thy wine,  and thine oil.  [15] And I will send  grass  in thy fields  for thy cattle,  that thou mayest eat  and be full.  [16] Take heed  to yourselves, that your heart  be not deceived,  and ye turn aside,  and serve  other  gods,  and worship  them; [17] And then the LORD'S  wrath  be kindled  against you, and he shut up  the heaven,  that there be no rain,  and that the land  yield  not her fruit;  and lest ye perish  quickly  from off the good  land  which the LORD  giveth  you.