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.
