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Verse 1

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken{H8085} diligently{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} to observe{H8104} to do{H6213} all his commandments{H4687} which I command{H6680} thee this day,{H3117} that Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will set{H5414} thee on high{H5945} above all the nations{H1471} of the earth:{H776}

Verse 2

and all these blessings{H1293} shall come{H935} upon thee, and overtake{H5381} thee, if thou shalt hearken{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}

Verse 3

Blessed{H1288} shalt thou be in the city,{H5892} and blessed{H1288} shalt thou be in the field.{H7704}

Verse 4

Blessed{H1288} shall be the fruit{H6529} of thy body,{H990} and the fruit{H6529} of thy ground,{H127} and the fruit{H6529} of thy beasts,{H929} the increase{H7698} of thy cattle,{H929} and the young{H6251} of thy flock.{H6629}

Verse 5

Blessed{H1288} shall be thy basket{H2935} and thy kneading-trough.{H4863}

Verse 6

Blessed{H1288} shalt thou be when thou comest in,{H935} and blessed{H1288} shalt thou be when thou goest out.{H3318}

Verse 7

Jehovah{H3068} will cause{H5414} thine enemies{H341} that rise up{H6965} against thee to be smitten{H5062} before thee:{H6440} they shall come out{H3318} against thee one{H259} way,{H1870} and shall flee{H5127} before{H6440} thee seven{H7651} ways.{H1870}

Verse 8

Jehovah{H3068} will command{H6680} the blessing{H1293} upon thee in thy barns,{H618} and in all that thou puttest{H4916} thy hand{H3027} unto; and he will bless{H1288} thee in the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee.

Verse 9

Jehovah{H3068} will establish{H6965} thee for a holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto himself, as he hath sworn{H7650} unto thee; if thou shalt keep{H8104} the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and walk{H1980} in his ways.{H1870}

Verse 10

And all the peoples{H5971} of the earth{H776} shall see{H7200} that thou art called{H7121} by the name{H8034} of Jehovah;{H3068} and they shall be afraid{H3372} of thee.

Verse 11

And Jehovah{H3068} will make thee plenteous{H3498} for good,{H2896} in the fruit{H6529} of thy body,{H990} and in the fruit{H6529} of thy cattle,{H929} and in the fruit{H6529} of thy ground,{H127} in the land{H127} which Jehovah{H3068} sware{H7650} unto thy fathers{H1} to give{H5414} thee.

Verse 12

Jehovah{H3068} will open{H6605} unto thee his good{H2896} treasure{H214} the heavens,{H8064} to give{H5414} the rain{H4306} of thy land{H776} in its season,{H6256} and to bless{H1288} all the work{H4639} of thy hand:{H3027} and thou shalt lend{H3867} unto many{H7227} nations,{H1471} and thou shalt not borrow.{H3867}

Verse 13

And Jehovah{H3068} will make{H5414} thee the head,{H7218} and not the tail;{H2180} and thou shalt be above only,{H4605} and thou shalt not be beneath;{H4295} if thou shalt hearken{H8085} unto the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} which I command{H6680} thee this day,{H3117} to observe{H8104} and to do{H6213} [them],

Verse 14

and shalt not turn aside{H5493} from any of the words{H1697} which I command{H6680} you this day,{H3117} to the right hand,{H3225} or to the left,{H8040} to go{H3212} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} to serve{H5647} them.

Verse 15

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} to observe{H8104} to do{H6213} all his commandments{H4687} and his statutes{H2708} which I command{H6680} thee this day,{H3117} that all these curses{H7045} shall come{H935} upon thee, and overtake{H5381} thee.

Verse 16

Cursed{H779} shalt thou be in the city,{H5892} and cursed{H779} shalt thou be in the field.{H7704}

Verse 17

Cursed{H779} shall be thy basket{H2935} and thy kneading-trough.{H4863}

Verse 18

Cursed{H779} shall be the fruit{H6529} of thy body,{H990} and the fruit{H6529} of thy ground,{H127} the increase{H7698} of thy cattle,{H504} and the young{H6251} of thy flock.{H6629}

Verse 19

Cursed{H779} shalt thou be when thou comest in,{H935} and cursed{H779} shalt thou be when thou goest out.{H3318}

Verse 20

Jehovah{H3068} will send{H7971} upon thee cursing,{H3994} discomfiture,{H4103} and rebuke,{H4045} in all that thou puttest{H4916} thy hand{H3027} unto to do,{H6213} until thou be destroyed,{H8045} and until thou perish{H6} quickly;{H4118} because{H6440} of the evil{H7455} of thy doings,{H4611} whereby thou hast forsaken{H5800} me.

Verse 21

Jehovah{H3068} will make the pestilence{H1698} cleave{H1692} unto thee, until he have consumed{H3615} thee from off the land,{H127} whither thou goest{H935} in to possess{H3423} it.

Verse 22

Jehovah{H3068} will smite{H5221} thee with consumption,{H7829} and with fever,{H6920} and with inflammation,{H1816} and with fiery heat,{H2746} and with the sword,{H2719} and with blasting,{H7711} and with mildew;{H3420} and they shall pursue{H7291} thee until thou perish.{H6}

Verse 23

And thy heaven{H8064} that is over thy head{H7218} shall be brass,{H5178} and the earth{H776} that is under thee shall be iron.{H1270}

Verse 24

Jehovah{H3068} will make{H5414} the rain{H4306} of thy land{H776} powder{H80} and dust:{H6083} from heaven{H8064} shall it come down{H3381} upon thee, until thou be destroyed.{H8045}

Verse 25

Jehovah{H3068} will cause{H5414} thee to be smitten{H5062} before{H6440} thine enemies;{H341} thou shalt go out{H3318} one{H259} way{H1870} against them, and shalt flee{H5127} seven{H7651} ways{H1870} before{H6440} them: and thou shalt be tossed{H2189} to and from among all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth.{H776}

Verse 26

And thy dead body{H5038} shall be food{H3978} unto all birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and unto the beasts{H929} of the earth;{H776} and there shall be none to frighten them away.{H2729}

Verse 27

Jehovah{H3068} will smite{H5221} thee with the boil{H7822} of Egypt,{H4714} and with the emerods,{H2914} and with the scurvy,{H1618} and with the itch,{H2775} whereof thou canst{H3201} not be healed.{H7495}

Verse 28

Jehovah{H3068} will smite{H5221} thee with madness,{H7697} and with blindness,{H5788} and with astonishment{H8541} of heart;{H3824}

Verse 29

and thou shalt grope{H4959} at noonday,{H6672} as the blind{H5787} gropeth{H4959} in darkness,{H653} and thou shalt not prosper{H6743} in thy ways:{H1870} and thou shalt be only oppressed{H6231} and robbed{H1497} alway,{H3117} and there shall be none to save{H3467} thee.

Verse 30

Thou shalt betroth{H781} a wife,{H802} and another{H312} man{H376} shall lie{H7901} with her: thou shalt build{H1129} a house,{H1004} and thou shalt not dwell{H3427} therein: thou shalt plant{H5193} a vineyard,{H3754} and shalt not use the fruit{H2490} thereof.

Verse 31

Thine ox{H7794} shall be slain{H2873} before thine eyes,{H5869} and thou shalt not eat{H398} thereof: thine ass{H2543} shall be violently taken away{H1497} from before thy face,{H6440} and shall not be restored{H7725} to thee: thy sheep{H6629} shall be given{H5414} unto thine enemies,{H341} and thou shalt have none to save{H3467} thee.

Verse 32

Thy sons{H1121} and thy daughters{H1323} shall be given{H5414} unto another{H312} people;{H5971} and thine eyes{H5869} shall look,{H7200} and fail{H3616} with longing for them all the day:{H3117} and there shall be nought in the power{H410} of thy hand.{H3027}

Verse 33

The fruit{H6529} of thy ground,{H127} and all thy labors,{H3018} shall a nation{H5971} which thou knowest{H3045} not eat up;{H398} and thou shalt be only oppressed{H6231} and crushed{H7533} alway;{H3117}

Verse 34

so that thou shalt be mad{H7696} for the sight{H4758} of thine eyes{H5869} which thou shalt see.{H7200}

Verse 35

Jehovah{H3068} will smite{H5221} thee in the knees,{H1290} and in the legs,{H7785} with a sore{H7451} boil,{H7822} whereof thou canst not{H3201} be healed,{H7495} from the sole{H3709} of thy foot{H7272} unto the crown of thy head.{H6936}

Verse 36

Jehovah{H3068} will bring{H3212} thee, and thy king{H4428} whom thou shalt set{H6965} over thee, unto a nation{H1471} that thou hast not known,{H3045} thou nor thy fathers;{H1} and there shalt thou serve{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} wood{H6086} and stone.{H68}

Verse 37

And thou shalt become an astonishment,{H8047} a proverb,{H4912} and a byword,{H8148} among all the peoples{H5971} whither Jehovah{H3068} shall lead{H5090} thee away.

Verse 38

Thou shalt carry{H3318} much{H7227} seed{H2233} out{H3318} into the field,{H7704} and shalt gather{H622} little{H4592} in;{H622} for the locust{H697} shall consume{H2628} it.

Verse 39

Thou shalt plant{H5193} vineyards{H3754} and dress{H5647} them, but thou shalt neither drink{H8354} of the wine,{H3196} nor gather{H103} [the grapes]; for the worm{H8438} shall eat{H398} them.

Verse 40

Thou shalt have olive-trees{H2132} throughout all thy borders,{H1366} but thou shalt not anoint{H5480} thyself with the oil;{H8081} for thine olive{H2132} shall cast{H5394} [its fruit].

Verse 41

Thou shalt beget{H3205} sons{H1121} and daughters,{H1323} but they shall not be thine; for they shall go{H3212} into captivity.{H7628}

Verse 42

All thy trees{H6086} and the fruit{H6529} of thy ground{H127} shall the locust{H6767} possess.{H3423}

Verse 43

The sojourner{H1616} that is in the midst{H7130} of thee shall mount up{H5927} above thee higher{H4605} and higher;{H4605} and thou shalt come down{H3381} lower{H4295} and lower.{H4295}

Verse 44

He shall lend{H3867} to thee, and thou shalt not lend{H3867} to him: he shall be the head,{H7218} and thou shalt be the tail.{H2180}

Verse 45

And all these curses{H7045} shall come{H935} upon thee, and shall pursue{H7291} thee, and overtake{H5381} thee, till thou be destroyed;{H8045} because thou hearkenedst{H8085} not unto the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} to keep{H8104} his commandments{H4687} and his statutes{H2708} which he commanded{H6680} thee:

Verse 46

and they shall be upon thee for a sign{H226} and for a wonder,{H4159} and upon thy seed{H2233} for{H5704} ever.{H5769}

Verse 47

Because thou servedst{H5647} not Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} with joyfulness,{H8057} and with gladness{H2898} of heart,{H3824} by reason of the abundance{H7230} of all things;

Verse 48

therefore shalt thou serve{H5647} thine enemies{H341} that Jehovah{H3068} shall send{H7971} against thee, in hunger,{H7458} and in thirst,{H6772} and in nakedness,{H5903} and in want{H2640} of all things: and he shall put{H5414} a yoke{H5923} of iron{H1270} upon thy neck,{H6677} until he have destroyed{H8045} thee.

Verse 49

Jehovah{H3068} will bring{H5375} a nation{H1471} against thee from far,{H7350} from the end{H7097} of the earth,{H776} as the eagle{H5404} flieth;{H1675} a nation{H1471} whose tongue{H3956} thou shalt not understand;{H8085}

Verse 50

a nation{H1471} of fierce{H5794} countenance,{H6440} that shall not regard{H5375} the person{H6440} of the old,{H2205} nor show favor{H2603} to the young,{H5288}

Verse 51

and shall eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} of thy cattle,{H929} and the fruit{H6529} of thy ground,{H127} until thou be destroyed;{H8045} that also shall not leave{H7604} thee grain,{H1715} new wine,{H8492} or oil,{H3323} the increase{H7698} of thy cattle,{H504} or the young{H6251} of thy flock,{H6629} until they have caused thee to perish.{H6}

Verse 52

And they shall besiege{H6887} thee in all thy gates,{H8179} until thy high{H1364} and fortified{H1219} walls{H2346} come down,{H3381} wherein{H2004} thou trustedst,{H982} throughout all thy land;{H776} and they shall besiege{H6887} thee in all thy gates{H8179} throughout all thy land,{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414} thee.

Verse 53

And thou shalt eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} of thine own body,{H990} the flesh{H1320} of thy sons{H1121} and of thy daughters,{H1323} whom Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414} thee, in the siege{H4692} and in the distress{H4689} wherewith thine enemies{H341} shall distress{H6693} thee.

Verse 54

The man{H376} that is tender{H7390} among you, and very{H3966} delicate,{H6028} his eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415} toward his brother,{H251} and toward the wife{H802} of his bosom,{H2436} and toward the remnant{H3499} of his children{H1121} whom he hath remaining;{H3498}

Verse 55

so that he will not give{H5414} to any{H259} of them of the flesh{H1320} of his children{H1121} whom he shall eat,{H398} because he hath nothing left{H7604} him, in the siege{H4692} and in the distress{H4689} wherewith thine enemy{H341} shall distress{H6693} thee in all thy gates.{H8179}

Verse 56

The tender{H7390} and delicate{H6028} woman among you, who would not adventure{H5254} to set{H3322} the sole{H3709} of her foot{H7272} upon the ground{H776} for delicateness{H6026} and tenderness,{H7391} her eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415} toward the husband{H376} of her bosom,{H2436} and toward her son,{H1121} and toward her daughter,{H1323}

Verse 57

and toward her young one{H7988} that cometh out{H3318} from between her feet,{H7272} and toward her children{H1121} whom she shall bear;{H3205} for she shall eat{H398} them for want{H2640} of all things secretly,{H5643} in the siege{H4692} and in the distress{H6693} wherewith thine enemy{H341} shall distress{H6693} thee in thy gates.{H8179}

Verse 58

If thou wilt not observe{H8104} to do{H6213} all the words{H1697} of this law{H8451} that are written{H3789} in this book,{H5612} that thou mayest fear{H3372} this glorious{H3513} and fearful{H3372} name,{H8034} JEHOVAH{H3068} THY GOD;{H430}

Verse 59

then Jehovah{H3068} will make{H6381} thy plagues{H4347} wonderful,{H6381} and the plagues{H4347} of thy seed,{H2233} even great{H1419} plagues,{H4347} and of long continuance,{H539} and sore{H7451} sicknesses,{H2483} and of long continuance.{H539}

Verse 60

And he will bring{H7725} upon thee again all the diseases{H4064} of Egypt,{H4714} which thou wast afraid{H3025} of;{H6440} and they shall cleave{H1692} unto thee.

Verse 61

Also every sickness,{H2483} and every plague,{H4347} which is not written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of this law,{H8451} them will Jehovah{H3068} bring{H5927} upon thee, until thou be destroyed.{H8045}

Verse 62

And ye shall be left{H7604} few{H4592} in number,{H4962} whereas{H834} ye were as the stars{H3556} of heaven{H8064} for multitude;{H7230} because thou didst not hearken{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}

Verse 63

And it shall come to pass, that, as Jehovah{H3068} rejoiced{H7797} over you to do you good,{H3190} and to multiply{H7235} you, so Jehovah{H3068} will rejoice{H7797} over you to cause you to perish,{H6} and to destroy{H6} you; and ye shall be plucked{H5255} from off the land{H127} whither thou goest{H935} in to possess{H3423} it.

Verse 64

And Jehovah{H3068} will scatter{H6327} thee among all peoples,{H5971} from the one end{H7097} of the earth{H776} even unto the other{H7097} end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} which thou hast not known,{H3045} thou nor thy fathers,{H1} even wood{H6086} and stone.{H68}

Verse 65

And among these{H1992} nations{H1471} shalt thou find no ease,{H7280} and there shall be no rest{H4494} for the sole{H3709} of thy foot:{H7272} but Jehovah{H3068} will give{H5414} thee there a trembling{H7268} heart,{H3820} and failing{H3631} of eyes,{H5869} and pining{H1671} of soul;{H5315}

Verse 66

and thy life{H2416} shall hang{H8511} in doubt before{H5048} thee; and thou shalt fear{H6342} night{H3915} and day,{H3119} and shalt have no assurance{H539} of thy life.{H2416}

Verse 67

In the morning{H1242} thou shalt say,{H559} Would it were{H5414} even!{H6153} and at even{H6153} thou shalt say,{H559} Would it were{H5414} morning!{H1242} for the fear{H6343} of thy heart{H3824} which thou shalt fear,{H6343} and for the sight{H4758} of thine eyes{H4758} which thou shalt see.{H7200}

Verse 68

And Jehovah{H3068} will bring{H7725} thee into Egypt{H4714} again{H7725} with ships,{H591} by the way{H1870} whereof I said{H559} unto thee, Thou shalt see{H7200} it no more again:{H3254} and there ye shall sell{H4376} yourselves unto your enemies{H341} for bondmen{H5650} and for bondwomen,{H8198} and no man shall buy{H7069} you.

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