Deuteronomy 28:1-46

Deuteronomy 28:1-46

[1] And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken  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  [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,  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  [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,  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  [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 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  [30] Thou shalt betroth  a wife,  and another  man  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  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  [38] much  seed  out  into the field,  but little  in;  for the locust  shall consume  [39] Thou shalt plant  vineyards,  and dress  them, but shalt neither drink  of the wine,  nor gather  the grapes; for the worms  shall eat  [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,  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  and thou shalt come down  very  [44] He shall 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  [46] And they shall be upon thee for a sign  and for a wonder,  and upon thy seed  for  ever.