Deuteronomy 28:49-68

Deuteronomy 28:49-68

[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,  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  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  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  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  [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!  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  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.